Aleksandra Kortas
Graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Design at the University of the Arts in Poznań, Poland. She specializes in poster art, editorial design, cover design and visual identity. Winner of awards in many international poster reviews. Her projects participated in several dozens exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Organizer and curator of the POSTHER – an International Exhibition of Female Poster Designers. She is also a laureate of many scholarships, incl. the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for outstanding achievements.
Beyond the 100 × 70
The speech will focus on the poster as a powerful tool for social activism. Nowadays, the poster is no longer just a sheet of paper in 100 × 70 format. It is a way of thinking that can be transferred to the various media, such as: zines, stickers, objects or online graphics, in order to reach a wider audience. Moreover, the poster can be a starting point for creating socially engaged events, while being a kind of demonstration and drawing people’s attention to the important social problems.