The exhibition "Translations", which forms part of the "Sensorium Poszerzone _appendix" program run by the gallery, was presented at the BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice.

 

The project was developed through an international open call, inviting artists interested in the digital dimension of sculpture. Participants submitted three-dimensional designs and digital scans of their sculptural objects. The received files were then processed and materialized in the physical space using 3D printing technology. The individual prints were assembled together to form hybrid totems. These structures incorporate, among others, digital renderings of two artworks by Gaya Lastovjak. Modular construction is an open process, allowing for additional elements to be integrated in the future.

 

The concept and initiative were driven by Córy Lęku (Daughters of Fear), a female, seven-member art collective founded in 2024 in Kraków. The collective consists of: Kornelia Bolechała, Klaudia Kiełbasa, Amelia Jawień, Wiktoria Gajowiak, Daria Wing Krylova, Magdalena Pyla, and Emilia Masny.

 

The thematic focus and core meaning of the exhibition is a reflection on the fate and status of the artwork in the era of digitization and data transfer. The authors of the project raise questions about how 3D technology impacts the concept of originality in favor of art functioning as a file duplicated online. The mythological Ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail) serves as an interpretive symbol, representing the loop of informational and algorithmic feedback, where artificial intelligence feeds on user traces online, thereby influencing the relationship between the creator and the receiver.

 

Artists: 

Adrianna Gajdziszewska, Alicja Wawryn, Anna Krzyżanowska, Basia Dubis, Dagmara Kreska Cieślica, Gaya Lastovjak, Ines Gruslin, Henri Backmund, Jagoda Michalska, Julia Celer, Julia Wojtanowska, Kacper Cygan, Kamila Flesińska, Karina Gieracka, Konrad K. Sobieraj, Kris Jamontt, Laura Szpilka, Lucia López, Łukasz Jeżyna, Maria Janik, Jarosław Hada-Jaszkowski, Wiktoria Paszkiewicz, Wiktoria Skwarska

 

Curator: Łukasz Trzciński

Visuals: Amelia Jawień

Photos: Jadwiga Janowska

 

An article dedicated to the exhibition was published in the contemporary art magazine "Szum".

Publication [click here]