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fot. Krzysztof Puda


Bodyhouse of faded flowers


2024

cotton thread, digital reproduction of archival photographs, pine resin, wood, LED light


Raised in a small mountain village, I experienced the slow disappearance of local traditions that were passed down from generation to generation. I have been using lace, which was once made by the women of my family, as a medium connecting the lost bonds tightening me with the past.

Local economies, social bonds, the telling and the re-telling of stories have been affected by modernisation and the development of a consumerist world which thrives on growth and proclaims progress as the only measure of success. Historically, these lace elements would eventually show up inside wealthier households as decorative traces.

The process of learning Koniaków lace became a practice of re-embodiment of the gestures and the memories tethered to my own roots and my own kin. 
The series consists of six works in which archival photographs from family albums are

combined with elements inspired by Koniaków lace. By using a simple gesture of covering the faces of photographed people, I intend to simultaneously deconstruct and reconstruct the identity of the craft itself and the descent of the persons depicted in the work. Do they really exist, have they ever existed? 

Creating the lace is a slow and tangible process – its qualities create the frame of embodiment of the connection with my own lineage of memories and experiences throughout the liminal time.