Jan Lubicz Przyluski - Cultural anthropologist and filmmaker. Author of "Art of Action" (2007), hermeneutics of performative arts in Poland.
He is directing films, postdirecting (found footage) and editing movies (ex. "Glass Trap" - European Film Awards Nominee for Best Short Documentary, or "Big Band" produced by Foksal Foundation). He made a number of documentaries (ex. "The Differences", "Symposion of Reality" with Rafal Leszczynski, "Infinite Movement" with Pawel Ferdek) and a lot of short experimental films. He is cooperating with various visual artists, in ex. video installations for Wiktor Gutt presented at the Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw and National Gallery. Author of a series of documentaries on art naive for National Audiovisual Institute. In theater, he is collaborating with Krystian Lupa in "Persona". He runs Bellmer Society, a art organisation based in Katowice, focused on the art of Hans Bellmer, surrealism, hermetism and magical arts: hansbellmer.org. His audiovisual work was published by Studio Warszawa Centralna Ltd.
Born 1979. Master of Science at Warsaw University, student of prof. Leszek Kolankiewicz. Awarded scholarships of the Ministry of Culture of Poland and of the President of Mazovia Province. Studied in International School of Theater Anthropology led by Eugenio Barba. PhD candidate at the Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Science, where he prepares a thesis in prof. Wieslaw Juszczak's research group.