Rafał Milach Exhibition Explores Propaganda and Protest

Photographer Rafał Milach's exhibition 'Refusal. Second Fracture' in Madrid explores the complex relationship between propaganda and protest. The exhibition draws from Milach's past work, including 'The Winners,' which documented state-organized contest winners, and a personal encounter with a Belarusian ploughman who refused to be photographed, an act Milach saw as a 'fracture' in the authoritarian system. The exhibition also incorporates the story of Xenia Degelko, a pro-regime activist turned anti-government protester, symbolizing a 'second fracture' in a seemingly rigid regime. Milach, also a co-initiator of the Archive of Public Protest, connects these themes to his involvement in Polish grassroots activism.