Photograms @CAA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 2025
In the dark I cut paper from a roll, hang it on the wall or put it on the floor, undress, place my body on the paper, expose it for seconds or fractions of a second. I use the light from the enlarger and various small lamps, when I decide that it is enough, I put the paper in the Colenta machine, get dressed and wait for it to develop. I repeat. The machine often makes surprises, eats the paper, crumples, damages, but I like collaborating with it. I come there to have space for experiment and spontaneous practice, flowing from the heart and emotions, in addition to projects that have research, proposal, description, assumptions before implementation. To catch the aura. From the need to do things. From the pleasure of utilizing energy. To play with shape, color and light. I reflect myself on the paper, which can survive longer than my body. I capture that moment of my being. I perform a secret performance, a dance with death and desire. A little love, a little dying. Among the primary references, I can refer to Klein. He used women as living brushes to create a series of his works, he did it publicly, creating a spectacle for the male gaze. He conducted an orchestra and naked models, giving them instructions, while wearing a suit, smoking a cigarette, not getting dirty with paints. I do exactly the opposite (although I don't touch the paints either), I dance alone, in total darkness, using still available but disappearing photosensitive materials.
