Brokat Films are the painter and 3D designer Sasa Lubińska (she/her) and the curator, new media artist Joanna Pawlowska (they/them). Artists are working in the fields of digital art, new media and performance art. 

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Duo is exploring the relationship between text, internet narratives, digital
representation and visual art, investigating dynamics between gendered bodies and
aspects of human and non-human biology in the digital world. Their exhibitions are
often drawing on contemporary art, online communities, internet culture, queer/trans
theories and aesthetics.

 

Equipped with cameras, 3D programs and glitter, artists annex DIY aesthetics, clichés and narrations present in the culture of the Internet. In the playful process of embracing the intersection of art and technology, artists often integrate their own bodies and intimate experiences into their projects.

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In January 2024 they opened their solo exhibition “Horseplay” at Gallery Kannski in Reykjavik. 

Joanna and Sasa's artistic partnership was born from a friendship kindled in 2016 and since then they were actively showing their works both in Iceland and Poland.

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Sasa Lubinska (b. 1990) is a painter, 3D designer, performer and tattoo artist. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk with a degree in painting. From 2016 member of art duo Brokat Films together with Joanna Pawlowska. Her works are often inspired by pop culture narratives of masculinity and femininity, alien conspiracy theories and 90s internet aesthetics. In 2012 the duo created an installation with a computer game called Planet Brokat for a group show “Yes, a falling tree makes a sound (and it has a lot to say)”, at Kling og Bang. In 2024 they had a solo exhibition titled “Horseplay” at Galley Kannski, in Reykjavik.

Lives and works in Łódź, Poland. 

 

Joanna Jo Pawlowska (b. 1990, they/them) is an artist, cultural producer and curator.

From 2016 member of art duo Brokat Films, together with painter and 3D designer Sasa Lubińska.
 

In their intermedia practice, Jo creates intimate, speculative, yet often playful works, where the cyber spheres of the internet, queer experiences, digital artifacts, reimagined bodies and the physical world merge.

Jo was a co-curator of Midpunkt artist-run space (2020-2022). Currently they work as a cultural producer and a curator of the Hamraborg Festival. 

In 2024 they were awarded artists’ salary (Listamannalaun) by Rannís, the Icelandic Centre for Research. Jo lives and works in Iceland.