Preludium

The Preludium is the title of my Mater Degree studies diploma (Academy of Special Education in Warsaw). The Preludium is an installation created in 2019 and presented at the diploma exhibition of the Academy of Special Education from October 4 to November 17. This artistic piece was inspired by my pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood experience. Emotions of that particular time of my life are constantly present for me. I decided to manifest them through art and sculpture.

The piece is an installation based on a darkened cube and a child sculpture suspended in space. The polyhedron is made of black painted chipboard 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 m. The sculpture is made of polyester resin, life size. In order to play on viewers’ visual senses I used the space of the polyhedron by hanging the baby sculpture in the middle of dark space with only small stream of light percolating from the top. Additionally, I’m playing on viewers’ hearing sense by a recording of CTG [pulse and fetus heart cardiogram examination in the mother's abdomen]. The recording comes from two black speakers hanging at the back of the polyhedron, completely invisible. It is a personal auditory experience for me, as it brings back vivid memory of the end of pregnancy and approaching delivery