BUTTERFLIES

„A poet is one who rejoices intensely and worries deeply, gets angry easily and loves strongly;
who feels, sympathises and becomes deeply affected. That is what children are like.”
Janusz Korczak

 
All children are poets of their time, following with their eyes things that elude adults. Stumbling on the dull reality and defining it in their own innovative way. They are well aware that there is no single solution, which we adults tend to accept without reflection.

For a child, reality is an area of trials and experiments that go beyond the perception of grown-ups. These experiments, often received with laughter, yield highly pertinent and inspiring conclusions. My works are an attempt to appreciate and understand children's hidden surrealist talents. Children are the most frequent subjects of my photographs. By adopting the child's outlook, I can analyse the external reality in a more penetrating manner.

The series of photographs entitled “Butterflies” are little girls presented in a space filled with antique industrial objects. Based on this setup, I analyse the relationships between the object and subject in time of war, when the border between animate and inanimate becomes blurred. A human can become a machine, and a machine – a human.

The exhibition preview will be held on 20 January 2016 at 6 p.m.

 
Emilia Wernicka
Born in Gdańsk in 1989. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Faculty of Graphic Design; diploma project completed under dr hab. Grzegorz Protasiuk in 2014. Supplementary project under prof. Janusz Akkerman. At present, assistant to dr hab. Grzegorz Protasiuk in the Publishing Graphic Design and Design Photography studios. In 2012 and 2013 holder of scholarships awarded by the Mayor of Gdańsk and Vice-Chancellor of the Academy of Fine Arts. Winner of the Small Graphic Form International Competition (2010), the 2nd prize at the International Bookplate Competition celebrating the 225th anniversary of Podgórze town foundation, award in the Pomeranian Graphic Artwork of the year competition in 2012. Participant of dozens of collective and individual exhibitions in Poland and abroad.