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Maciej Piatek / aka VJ Pietrushka / is a Polish born UK based artist and filmmaker. His work involves a determined and authentic pursuit of visual experimentations. His works often explore the themes of human displacement and disconnection, social inequality and politics. His work has recently received a significant amount of exposure on the international video poetry circuit. As a VJ he closely co-operates with Shepherds of Cats, a group of improvising musicians from Poland with whom he performed a series of audio-video improvised concerts in various European venues such as: Café OTO in London and In Situ Art Society in Bonn, Germany. His work has been screened & exhibited both nationally and internationally in places such as: the ICA in London, Arnolfini in Bristol and the Art Gallery of SESI-SP in Sao Paulo, Brazil.