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Wigierskie memento mori
The cycle of photographs named „Wigierskie memento mori” has been done
in three places: a cemetery in Magdalenowo village, Wigry Cross by the
Zatoka Krzyżańska (installation by Gustaw Zemła and Zdzisław Jaroszek)
and old cemetery of Old Believers in Rosochaty Róg. The cemetery matter,
symbolism of the cross, images of Christ, time which destroys everything
and converts even toughest material into dust and nothingness – that is
the plot of this exhibition. The content is very deep, it tells about
the passing of human life, the mysticism of the burial sites and the
memory of the ones still living.
Traces of life
"Traces of life" are dazzling the viewer with their reporter-like
straight - forwardness. They reach the target which is the most
important trouble spot of our sensibility and resistance to views of
little tragedies and those huge ones too. Disgusting sights of dead
animals on the road remind us of how fragile the life is, not only an
animal's life. Amazing texture of biological tissue which is mixed,
crumpled and blended into the ground, at the same time creates some kind
of "deadly still life". Ashes and dust, changing matter which determines
our origins and inevitable destiny, the past, the present, the future.
Let's slow down when we notice a dog or a cat walking along the verge of
the road... |
