In the frames of cooperation between LAZNIA CCA and W788, the second edition of the residency is connected to ‘Sense perception’ theme and it is a part of a long-term interdisciplinary project curated by Nina Czegledy (www.ninaczegledy.net). Numerous artistic, research and educational activities, including exhibitions, discussions, presentations, artistic residencies and educational workshops focus on the study of multisensory perception of the environment. In 2019, a series of artistic residencies were initiated. Invited artists began working on projects related to the senses of: touch, smell, hearing, sight and taste. A finale of the project will place in the autumn of 2021 at LAZNIA CCA.
Other artists participating in this year’s residency edition in W788 are: Pamela Leończyk and Krzysztof Topolski (Arszyn).
Krystyna Jędrzejewska-Szmek describes her plan for the residency in W788:
For many years I have been fascinated with the personal and emotional relationship between humans and plants. During my previous projects, I have conducted interviews about the relationships with potted plants, I have observed bushes and explored the wasteland of Warsaw. In the frames of the residency in W788, I would like to focus on the sounds that can be experienced while being around the plants. My inspiration comes from over 100 years of ethnobotanical research by Józef Rostafiński.
Krystyna Jędrzejewska-Szmek
Visual artist and biologist. A graduate of Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and Biology at the University of Warsaw, for many years she worked in the Botanical Garden of the University of Warsaw. Her interests focus on the relations connecting people with the natural world. She consistently expands her art practice, balancing on the border between art and science. Co-author of the award-winning art book “Tropicale”, which addresses the issue of linking botany with colonialism. While engaging in interdisciplinary projects, such as “Naturomorphically” at the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art or the artistic and social project “Fikus”, she works not only in the visual sphere, but also as the author of texts and animator of various types of social activities and workshops.