Projekt SAD (The ORCHARD project)
Translucent tulle and netting 300/140 cm, ink/gouache 2017-2019
Displaced Lemkos village, The Low Beskid
Projekt SAD (The ORCHARD project)
Translucent tulle and netting 300/140 cm, ink/gouache 2017-2019
Displaced Lemkos village, The Low Beskid
I made imprints of wild fruit trees that were left behind in uprooted Lemkos villages. Semi-transparent materials, when juxtaposed, create the illusion of trees. The spatial installation is comprised of large-format prints - in memory of a homestead orchard. The suspended materials hardly touch the ground; the trees have no roots. Movement brings them back to life.
Projekt SAD - The ORCHARD roots project
Board, 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.5 meters 2018 - 2019
Displaced Lemkos Village, Regietów Górny, The Low Beskids
The installation results from operations carried out in the displaced Lemkos village of Regietów Górny. I unearthed, documented and reburied the root system of a dying fruit tree - a plum. It grew on the site of what was once a farm, and was part of a household's orchard. The roots and netting presented are a re-creation and interpretation of discovery, in a changing landscape.
No Man's Land
Ink/acrylic paint/gouache/paper, 21/30 cm, 60 copies, 2016
Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Working with members of the Sioux tribe in the Okanagan Valley, I created 60 prints of trees, which were illegally cut down on tribal land. Each of the horizontal rows was taken from a single tree, and subsequent prints were made using diminishing amounts of ink.
Dni Świąteczne - Holidays
Performance, 35 min. 2011
Dłużewo, Poland
A tractor with balloons attached drove around the fields in Dłużewo, a village in Masovia, Poland. After the performance, the owner of the tractor returned to his work in a slurry, grinding the balloons and throwing the colorful bits around the field. I juxtaposed and compared two realities: that of holidays and that of everyday life. During the performance, work time and celebration time ran together.