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\n\t\tSpirit of Plants and Fungi -
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Mask and glove, cyanotypes on cotton (various formats) based on photographs, drawings, and archival materials, pattern and sewing: Berenika Pyza, 2025<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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The concept is inspired by an animistic approach to the natural environment and the symbol of the tree of life. The Spirit of Plants and Fungi is a figure representing the kingdom of plants and fungi, along with the wealth of connections between them. It is also a performative vision of the Tree of Life\u2014a cultural model showing the eternal rebirth of nature in the form of a tree (drawing on the four elements: its roots used the earth and water, and its trunk and crown used the air and sunlight).<\/p>

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The work was made using the cyanotype technique. Designing and executing spatial forms in cyanotype is a multi-element and very labor-intensive process.<\/p>

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The work was based on research: an analysis of representations and meanings of the tree of life motif in different cultures and the book Dictionary of Stereotypes and Folk Symbols.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The Mask<\/b><\/p>

The figure consists of an unusually shaped mask with an elongated strip with a widened end and a glove with a wide and long sleeve. These elements are covered with various graphic motifs (original and archival) and photographs that I took in protected areas of Poland between 2022 and 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The mask with an elongated belt directly refers to the form of a tree - the bottom ends with roots, the top grows into a symbolic tree crown, passing into the clouds. The roots of the mask grow into the ground, the branches blend into the sky - connecting both zones into one.<\/span><\/p>

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The Glove<\/b><\/p>

The fingers of the glove are covered with ornamental plant patterns inspired by medieval decorations. The back of the hand is covered with a mandorla radiating like the sun with mycelium roots. The inside of the glove shows a tree with roots that grow upwards and immediately transform into branches.<\/span><\/p>

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Site-specific artwork\/performance for nature<\/b><\/p>

The concept was completed with a series of digital photographs taken in the Bobrownia Nature Reserve in the Sierakowski Landscape Park and in the Knyszyn Forest Landscape Park.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The work was created during an artistic residency at Galeria Centrala in Pozna\u0144.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The project received funding from the European Union under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NextGenerationEU).<\/span><\/p>

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Duch Ro\u015blin i Grzyb\u00f3w Duch Drzewa \u017bycia Maska i r\u0119kawiczka: cyjanotypie na bawe\u0142nie (r\u00f3\u017cne formaty) w oparciu o fotografie, rysunki i materia\u0142y archiwalne; cykl fotografii,wykr\u00f3j i szycie: Berenika Pyza, 2025 \u00a0 Koncepcja inspirowana jest animistycznym podej\u015bciem do \u015brodowiska naturalnego oraz symbolem drzewa \u017cycia. Duch Ro\u015blin i Grzyb\u00f3w to posta\u0107 reprezentuj\u0105ca kr\u00f3lestwo ro\u015blin i grzyb\u00f3w, wraz […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":946,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-955","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSpirit of Plants and Fungi - Marta W\u0119gli\u0144ska - animistic environmental art<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Research-based art project exploring animism, plant\u2013fungal networks and the Tree of Life through cyanotype, performance and archival research.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/martaweglinska.pl\/en\/duch-roslin-i-grzybow-drzewo-zycia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spirit of Plants and Fungi - 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