Disco Polo
Dublin Core
Title
Disco Polo
1890.LAND.KOROBKIEWICZ
Subject
Landscape - European
Description
Disco Polo documents the aesthetics in Eastern Poland after 1989. This project focuses on the mixed influences from East and West, the effects of global capitalism on the Polish landscape dominated by consuming colourful advertising. Lack of experts in local housing associations resulted in randomly chosen shades, turning the streets into a vivid collage of pastel tower blocks. Project presents kitsch of rough-and-ready billboards, suburban night-clubs and bright-coloured concrete blocks. It explores omnipresent visual chaos in the urban landscape and search for a ‘better world'.
Title Disco Polo represents locally popular music genre of the same name, which developed in Eastern Poland around the time of the political transition. The genre created its own aesthetics, from the outfits to the venues where it is performed. Naive lyrics and over-saturated video clips often embody longing for western capitalism and hope for better future.
Disco Polo is a collection of photographs presenting visual chaos in the common space. Neon colours replacing grey plattenbau from the Polish People's Republic, false plants in granite flowerpots, a roadside palm tree in a winter landscape.'
- Michał Dąbrowski, Culture.pl
Title Disco Polo represents locally popular music genre of the same name, which developed in Eastern Poland around the time of the political transition. The genre created its own aesthetics, from the outfits to the venues where it is performed. Naive lyrics and over-saturated video clips often embody longing for western capitalism and hope for better future.
Disco Polo is a collection of photographs presenting visual chaos in the common space. Neon colours replacing grey plattenbau from the Polish People's Republic, false plants in granite flowerpots, a roadside palm tree in a winter landscape.'
- Michał Dąbrowski, Culture.pl
Creator
Paulina Korobkiewicz
Publisher
Self-published
Date
2016
Format
Hardback, Linnen over board cover, Deboss outer cover, Section sewn, Case bound, 170gsm Galerie Plus Matt, Litho 4+4 + Matt coating
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
24 x 17 x 1 cm
Number of Pages
84
Number of images
45
Edition Size
150
Place of Publication
London
Designer
Paulina Korobkiewicz
Editor
Paulina Korobkiewicz
Printer
Evolution Print
ISBN
-
Website
https://www.paulinakorobkiewicz.com
URL Link to project
https://www.paulinakorobkiewicz.com/books-zines/p/disco-polo-photobook
Where to buy
: The Photographer’s Gallery Bookshop London, Centrala Gallery Birmingham, photographer's website
Links to reviews
https://www.new-east-archive.org/features/show/5240/disco-polo-paulina-korobkiewicz-eastern-poland-kitsch-colour
https://project-space.london/paulina-korobkiewicz-disco-polo
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/post-soviet-visions-exhibition-calvert-gallery-photography-210218?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=intsocial
https://project-space.london/paulina-korobkiewicz-disco-polo
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/post-soviet-visions-exhibition-calvert-gallery-photography-210218?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=intsocial
Collection
Citation
Paulina Korobkiewicz, “Disco Polo,” Photobook Cafe Photobook Collection, accessed January 22, 2026, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/1890.