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Marek Zygmunt [PL]

Artist born in Gdańsk, since 1995 works as a self taught artist, participating in various kinds of artistic co-operation linking technical development, artistic research and philosophical reflection. He studied architecture and graduated in 2002 from the Technical University of Gdańsk. In the last ten years he has been involved in a broad spectrum of digital, audio-visual productions including videos, performances and installations which have been on display throughout Poland.
Focus of his artistic research is the reciprocal relationship of technical, cultural and individual development in the globalized world. The impacts of the industrialization and the dynamics of digitalization change the socio-cultural qualities and perspectives which requires new mind sets. Aim of his engagement in his artistic practice is to partake in the current cultural transformation. He designs digital imageries that can be read as visual allegories of philosophical thought.

www.marekzygmunt.art.pl

NARRACJE 2011 Work: Skandha

The site-specific installation of Marek Zygmunt is set in the former St. Mary's hospital and the neighboring former nurse's home, both buildings are currently empty. In the windows of the former hospital a series of small blinking lights refer to the small controlls of life-guarding machines in hospitals. Around the corner, in the second building, a video installation that illustrates the five aspects of physical disintegration which are described by the Buddhist philosophy as the aggregate states of "matter", "sensation", "perception", "volition" and "consciousness". Marek Zygmunt develops visual equivalents which correspond with the ephermal qualities of these aggregate states in a mix of light and color, graphics and images. Set in a dialogic composition inside the building, the process of constant change can be observed from the outside.

curator: Ania Szynwelska.

Location: ul. Kieturakiesa 1, former hospital; ul. Reduta Miś, former nurse`s home (both watched from outside)