SPACE Start – VIGILANCE | WACHSAMKEIT

Vigilance is attention; it is a unique perception of time and space. Vigilance accompanies discovering, looking for what is hidden, not exposed to the public eye. Vigilance is the ability to recognize what will come and what will pass; it is the readiness to deconstruct.

The exhibition by the SPACE Start Collective (Katarzyna Godyń-Skoczylas, Małgorzata Kaczmarska), to which the photographer Sebastian Autenrieth from Nuremberg was invited, is the result of a conscious study of infiltrating the existing reality. By collecting various visual testimonies of the coexistence of nature and human beings, the artists do not ignore anything in this process, and neither do they apply any preliminary filters or pre-selection. Instead, they explore their artistic dimension and check how these explorations fit into everyday concepts and where the dividing line between them lies. The presentation of the material collected in this creative process is divided into related parts. The first two parts evoke the artist’s attention to his surroundings, while reflecting on the urbanised and the natural landscape. The resulting works show situations and images perceived by the artist, but the choice of the presentation opens up space for the viewer to their own deliberations. The third part of the exhibition refers to organic forms, which are both a product of nature and human beings. The artist’s watchful eye sees their surprising forms and unobvious similarities. The images, juxtaposed in an unexpected way, attract the viewer’s attention and give him a new look at the familiar reality of everyday life. While watching the exhibition – and following the idea of its creators – the viewer is subjected to a kind of experiment. Entering the exhibition, the viewer experiences arousing various senses. Further, the viewer has been involved in the intellectual process accompanying the exhibition and his vigilant attitude will be conducive to deepening cognitive qualities.

The exhibition is under the patronage of Krakow Photo Fringe 2020.