Zachęta Project Room

curator of the exhibition: Magda Kardasz
cooperation: Pola Gadowska

Memory is a multi–part, ephemeral puzzle that stores and organizes our memories and thoughts. Each piece creates our personal story by determining who we were, who we are and who we will become. What happens to a person when a piece of the puzzle is removed? Who do we become when we lose ourselves, when our knowledge about ourselves disappears forever? Who are we in a world that we no longer recognize and that no longer recognizes us. A person suffering from neurocognitive disorders experiences a slow loss of their identity. When we lose memory, we lose connection with our history, identity, and the world in which we are still living. The sense of time and space, logical thinking, memories and emotions disappear. The world and the people around it become strange, there is only the here and now. A void appears, which grows and absorbs the last flashes of memories. The presented project called “Disappearing” is an attempt to give an artistic expression to the process of memory loss and to create a space for discussion on the consequences of this
disappearance.

 Anna Rendecka

Anna Rendecka – an art historian and graphic artist, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2022 she received a dean’s distinction for her diploma work entitled Disappearing, completed under the supervision of Prof. Andrzej Węcławski, which won the main prize at the 14th National Exhibition of the Best Academy of Fine Arts Diplomas in Zbrojownia Sztuki in Gdańsk. She took part in exhibitions such as as Przenikania [Interpenetrations] in the Hermitage, the Royal Łazienki Museum (2023), Pokaz osobny [A show apart] (2022) and Oblicza rysunku. 55 lat Wydziału Grafiki [Faces of drawing. 55th anniversary of the Faculty of Graphic Arts], Salon Akademii Gallery in Warsaw (2023). She participated in the International Contemporary Printmaking Project Memento Mori (2022). Her works were presented at the 11th Polish Graphic Triennial in Katowice (2021) and the 28th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw (2023). In recent years, inspired by personal experiences, she has explored themes of transience and memory, and the consequences of neurocognitive disorders. In her quest for innovative creative solutions, the artist employs various techniques. In addition to conceptual and traditional graphics, she also works in graphic design and drawing. She has a great passion for photography, especially portraiture.

The music presented at the exhibition is composed by Igor Czerniawski.