Giants
2022-2023
Sculptures. Plaster, old bedding, branches from Vitsula river.
~320 cm high each figure
“Giants” is a series of ten sculptures made from old bed linen soaked in plaster and from branches found along the Vistula and at the Polish-Belarusian border. Fabric associated with sleep and the body, and branches carrying traces of the landscape, reflect the motif of transformation. Monumental and at the same time hollow inside, the sculptures are sarcophagi without a fixed form. They invite touch, but inside they remain open - a space waiting to be filled with new stories. Over time, each of the sculptures decays and slowly blends back into the landscape that shaped its material presence.
The project is a reflection on political erasure: on moments when biography, language or origin are suppressed. These sculptures are containers, not portraits. Through their scale, the Giants do not let themselves be forgotten: even as they decay, they endure as traces, keeping a space open for interpretation.
This process reflects a personal interest in how memory survives erasure: not as an unchanging narration, but as a fragile, living trace that can be reclaimed and reimagined.
The project is a reflection on political erasure: on moments when biography, language or origin are suppressed. These sculptures are containers, not portraits. Through their scale, the Giants do not let themselves be forgotten: even as they decay, they endure as traces, keeping a space open for interpretation.
This process reflects a personal interest in how memory survives erasure: not as an unchanging narration, but as a fragile, living trace that can be reclaimed and reimagined.
