Art Books and Texts
Exoticism. Notes collected (taken) from travels, a book assembled in a typesetting studio - Izba Drukarska - Dom Słów in Lublin, analog photographs, cover—cotton canvas with a drawing in colored ink and pen, 2013
Between drought and moisture, book handwritten with ink and pen, analog photographs, cover - phthalic paint, 2013/2014
Entourage of thoughts and body. The physicality of the gaze, analog photographs, digital print, 2014/2015
Balkan Song, analog photographs, ink and pen drawings, digital print, 2012/2015
Collected notes, selected texts, literary miniatures, photographs, 2015-2024
Art books and collected notes have accompanied my work since 2012. Most of the texts were written on an ongoing basis during trips near and far, accompanying everyday, seemingly ordinary situations as well as beautiful, profound, and diverse journeys. The basic collection of texts arose from a natural need to describe the changing world through the prism of subtle, often inconspicuous situations. The collected texts later became the starting point for subsequent projects and final art books. Although rooted in real events, the texts in their final version form fictional stories.
The books, as complete works, were given their own coherent literary structure, complemented by a visual layer - analog photographs and ink and pen drawings - and a hand-made cover matching the content.
Exoticism. Notes collected (taken) from travels is a special book - it represents about 31 days of 8 hours spent in a former typesetting studio. The texts are composed there letter by letter from lead type.
