Wisła felt lonely so I invited her in
In the project Wisła felt lonely so I invited her inI explore the role of water within the domestic sphere, focusing specifically on the presence of the Vistula River (known in Polish as Wisła) in the bathroom. Most of the water running through Warsaw homes originates from her. Our most frequent daily contact with water […]
Call It Fate, Call It Karma
According to Agnieszka Topolska, matter is never neutral—it always carries traces of previous transformations. In the final days of installing the exhibition Call It Fate, Call It Karma, a crushed Evian water bottle was placed beneath a glass cloche, displayed on four polished rods. At the same time, it could just as easily have been […]
Reparaturgesellschaft
“What exactly is the Wewerka Pavilion? It is certainly not an exhibition space, because for reasons of building and zoning regulations, it is off-limits to the public. This very circumstance also renders its designation as a sculpture—as architecture that can be experienced autonomously—absurd.” Sabine Maria Schmidt, Stadtblatt, May 1988 The question that Sabine Maria Schmidt […]
Trigger Warning
A colorful balloon holding violence, nudity, sex, flashing lights, murder, or suicide – disclaimers before a movie, a TV show, a warning printed on a theater ticket. Suddenly, someone pulls the trigger – the balloon bursts. The “trigger warning” detaches itself from screens and becomes an actual human condition, an everyday experience. Until recently, storylines […]
Sinthome
Jouissance emerges in the fissures of language, in experiences that transcend the boundaries of what can be articulated. It is a sensation born from excess, intensity, and at times, suffering – an inseparable aspect of human desire. – Inspired by Jacques Lacan’s theory of jouissance The exhibition Sinthome by Laurie Smith at Galeria Wschód presents […]
The Story of a Thread Seen Through the Window
The Why Not Gallery is pleased to present Erekle Chinchilakashvili’s first solo exhibition at the gallery, The Story of a Thread Seen Through the Window. The gallery’s new venue at Fabrika Tbilisi serves as the point of departure for the artist’s research. Drawing on the history of the complex – formerly the “Nino” sewing factory, […]
Tartan Tartana
In a five page long story first written a few years ago, a girl from an undefined period in pre-historical times narrates her life in her home, a boggy glen surrounded by onion grass, which she learns to pick and replant in her family’s land, in what seems like the beginning of farming. Her voice […]
fight or flight: SEX
Portals
High beams, brights, are blinding, but they also illuminate the road in the dark hours. Suddenly a hare darts by, a glimpse of a hedgehog or some kind of badger on the bank; sometimes, if lucky, the apparition of an antlered stag in the distance, motionless for an instant under the car’s flash—quickly disappearing off […]
From where you stand
Melting the Body Where I stand, the legs resting against the tree rise into the air. The eyes, now looking from a different perspective, take in the new image. As the natural direction of gravity has been reversed, the lens of everyday life becomes another layer of vision. After a few seconds, the brain learns […]