2024
Michał Zgierski
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graduate of Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

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This project channels my anger at Poland’s patriarchal structures, turning my struggles into a form of revenge. It’s for queer people from similar backgrounds to feel less lonely and more understood. I aim to shock and challenge the conservative straight community while empowering the gay community. Rejecting sanitized portrayals of queerness, I challenge the need to conform to be accepted. By using traditional cultural elements and personal story, I expose and combat systemic homophobia. Through digital fashion, I create my own fantasy world—one that’s inaccessible and challenging to the heteronormative patriarchy, offering a powerful counter-narrative to their oppressive norms.