The project “Ada” is dedicated to the famous Polish opera singer from the beginning of 20th century - Ada Sari. It was created in the village of Stary Sacz where Ada Sari spent her youth and where her family lived.
The inspiration for this project came from the letters and postcards which Ada Sari sent to her family, while she was touring and performing around the world. Being the sole communication channel at the time, the letters and postcards contain very personal stories and reveal the singer’s private life.
In the piece “Ada”, the artist imagines and represents Ada Sari’s feelings and emotions, assumed from this personal correspondence.
The performative installation "Ada" consists of 369 flowers, made of a letter paper, which are the exact number of Ada Sari’s letters to which we have access today. Surrounded by these flowers, the artist is listening to Ada Sari’s music and pretending she was her.
“As I am a visual artist and not an opera singer, to imagine being someone else, means for me to be empathetic and understandable to others’ feelings. I simply let myself experience the feelings of someone else, no matter how different from me he or she is, no matter if this person is still around or passed away, no matter the distance. It is the art of empathetic consciousness.”
