ALICJA PAKOSZ

Pokój

Diorama: linoleum, styrofoam, artificial grass, sand, human figurines, artificial plants

150 × 260 × 200 cm

POKÓJ

(the title is a wordplay - Pokój in Polish has the double meaning of both peace and room)

Part of a monument with an undefined past. Possibly a memorial of friendship between nations, but there are no indications of who built it or where it was located. The imposing shell of a sculpture towers over its new inhabitants, who are so miniscule in comparison as to not comprehend the gesture depicted by their newly found shelter.

A monument of not getting noticed

Diorama: linoleum, styrofoam, sand, rocks, artificial plants.

245 × 180 × 171 cm

A MONUMENT OF NOT GETTING NOTICED

Located in a barren landscape, a big hand gestures seeking teacher's permission to use the toilet. Ignored, it is resorted to stand in a puddle of urine, a desert monument of those unheard.

Machine

Diorama: linoleum, styrofoam, artificial grass, cardboard tubes.

130 × 350 × 227 cm

MACHINE

The vehicle once set in motion has now vanished, its only remainder - a set of wheels that clung to the ground. The vehicle here is understood as an idea, the reflection of which is cast on actual human institutions, examples of such connections being God-Church, Art-Museum, Love-Marriage. The disappearance of the machine leaves an institutional shell that can continue to exist hollowly or be taken over by a new operating system.

Gnomon

Diorama: soil, styrofoam, artificial grass.

200 × 60 × 50 cm

GNOMON

A statue knocked off its pedestal and buried underground has a gigantic erection. Its tip protrudes above the surface of the ground and is used there as a gnomon - the simplest kind of clock.

Gnomon, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,7 cm