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THE MURAL DESIGN, EXECUTED IN COOPERATION WITH PRACOWNIA ARCHITEKTURY KRAJOBRAZU RSPROJEKT, AS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT, COMPETITION FOR A PERMANENT COMMEMORATION OF THE WŁODAWA GHETTO AND THE LAST JOURNEY OF JEWS FROM THE WŁODAWA GHETTO. THE MURAL IS AN INTEGRAL SECTION OF THE EXTENSIVE COMPLEX, WHICH INCLUDES A COMMEMORATIVE PATH, A MEMORIAL HALL AND A SCULPTURE MONUMENT.
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WALL 1
THE BORDER OF THE GHETTO
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WALL 2,3
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THE PROJECT RESTORES ELEMENTS OF JEWISH CULTURE IN THE TOWN SPACE. ON THE ONE HAND, IT DIRECTLY EVOKES THE HISTORY OF WŁODAWA'S JEWS BY MAKING A REFERENCE TO THE FIRST LOCAL LIQUIDATION ACTION, THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE SHAVUOT HOLIDAY. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT BRINGS BACK THE CURRENTLY ABSENT PRESENCE OF A JEWISH TRADITION RELATED TO THIS HOLIDAY – HANGING IN THE WINDOWS PAPER CUTTINGS, KNOWN AS SZEWUOSIM OR SZEWUOSŁ. THE MURAL TAKES THE FORM OF A PAPER CUTTING, BASED ON A RICH SYMBOLISM PRESENT IN THE COMMEMORATIVE ICONOGRAPHY OF MATZEVAHS. DEPICTS VARIOUS KINDS OF JOURNEYS, PRESENT IN THE DISASTROUS HISTORY OF HOLOCAUST.
DESIGN
800 X 800 CM
2021
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THE MURAL DESIGNED AS A „GATE” AMONGST THE BUILDINGS LOCATED ON THE FORMER GHETTO GROUNDS. FIGURES, DESIGNED IN THE STYLE OF PAPER CUTTING, LEAD A SPECTATOR WITH THEIR GESTURES DEEPER. THE SCENE DEPICTS AN ATTEMPT OF SEEKING HIDING PLACE FROM THE EXECUTIONERS, SHOWING AN ACTIVE ATTITUDE OF JEWISH COMMUNITY DURING OCCUPATION. THE WARDROBE REPRESENTS A SYMBOLIC SHELTER THAT DIDN'T GUARANTEE SURVIVAL BUT OFTEN WAS THE FIRST HIDING PLACE, IT INDICATES THE FRAGILE LINE BETWEEN LIVE AND THE DEATH.
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DESIGN
1.1070 X 180 CM
2. 180 X 200CM
3.175 X 185 CM
2021
