pnąca, czworokanciasta [climbing, four-angled]

My first step is going into the field, which allows me to change perspectives and look for worlds. I observe various cognitive aspects accompanying research, whether immersed in corporeality or scientific precision.

Krysia Jędrzejewska-Szmek

The exhibition showed interspecies relations, human-plant relations from various perspectives. Some works arose from the need to re-evaluate the scientific, biological approach of the researcher who organises and names. In others, looking at plants and "with plants" was a way of commenting on phenomena, both political and global. From a personal perspective, it is a space of quiet reflection and freedom, making it possible to search for other ways of experiencing what is often a difficult "reality".

Curator: Paulina Mirowska

Collaboration: Kasper Jakubowski, Mateusz Olszewski Zaumne, Hamza Aqrabawi, Łukasz Zembaty/PHU Sitex, Marek Sadowski

Event co-financed by the City of Warsaw

Krystyna Jędrzejewska-Szmek

artist, biologist, and researcher.

The core of her interests lies in interspecies connections and tensions. Her practice is research-based; she draws inspiration from science while maintaining a critical approach towards it. She seeks different kinds of knowledge, connecting scientific discourse with embodied knowledge. For many years she worked at the University of Warsaw Botanic Garden and is interested in critical plant studies. She works mainly in the visual sphere, but also as an author of texts and a facilitator of various social initiatives and workshops. Co-author of the award-winning artbook Tropicale, which addresses issues concerning the relationship between botany and colonialism. Member of Grupa ZAKOLE, which focuses on exploring ways of narrating and experiencing areas such as bogs, and introducing the perspective of the beings that inhabit them (https://zakole.pl).

Artist's website:

https://krystynaszmek.cargo.site

Poster: Paulina Mirowska

Opening: 17 January 2025

Duration: 17 January 2025 - 23 February 2025