Zuza Golińska
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1990
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Zuza Golińska
(b. 1990, Gdańsk, living and working in Warsaw, PL) is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the impact of architecture and public space on the human individual. Her art reflects on the way in which human physical and mental wellbeing is influenced by the psychology of space in the time of civilisational acceleration and late capitalism. In her work, Golińska frequently disrupts the clear-cut division between the functional and the aesthetic as she examines the influence of spatial forms on emotions and decisions of users.
Text by Natalia Sielewicz.
In my practice I outline the seemingly binary relationship between modernism and contemporary romanticism, between discipline and magical thinking. I analyse the events of my life in a broader socio-political context, noting the patterns of which I am a part. I am interested in the heritage of the former Eastern Bloc in the construction of my own cultural and gender identity.
– Zuza Golińska for Secondary Archive
Zuza is known for her long-lasting collaboration with workers from the Gdańsk Shipyard where she makes her sculptures. She is actively exploring topics such as climate change, postindustrialization, class society, and its relation to gender. The core of Zuza's practice is influencing the space through sculptures and architecture. In her new project she is using textiles for the first time in her solo presentation.
A Red Giant is a star in the last stage of stellar evolution, when it increases its radius and changes its colour to red hues. It has luminosity up to three thousand times that of other stars. In about 5 billion years, the Sun will enter this phase, probably engulfing the closest planets in the solar system – Mercury, Venus and Earth. The end of our planet is therefore only a matter of time.
The inevitable catastrophe casts a shadow over the future of Earth. We are used to apocalyptic visions shown in pop culture, science fiction and computer games. Before the ultimate demise, however, we will ...
The dryness of the mouth and the dust on the skin will become unbearable. The sand will make your eyes itch. Creating from the remains of past production, pasting and patching from what’s left of what used to be whole will be a valuable skill. Green will turn yellow and dry. There will be no baths or water births. Droplets will be rare and valuable. The rising temperature will make it difficult to inhale the thin, dry air. Only the few will have their fragmented rivers, where they will be able to immerse in the cool water. When giving a handshake, sweat will drip down your fingers. In certain instanc ...
Suns are connected with a one-month residency in Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine, which I participated in last year. MetaLab is an urban development laboratory and a community led by four women.
In Run-Up, I focussed on elements of public space, such as pavements, curbs, ramps and stairs – their height, width and the frequency with which they occur. I was interested in the way they determined and disciplined our way of moving around, the way they limited or adapted to the potential of the body.
– Zuza Golińska in conversation with Romuald Demidenko, KubaParis
(...) I found it especially attractive few years ago when the slightly superficial fashion for Brutalist architecture was not yet so prevalent, at least not in Poland. I love the monumental, sculptural feel that some of these buildings have. I was interested in the way the dynamics between people living in the estate and the outside world are designed. I paid attention to the leisure areas within the building, the green areas, and the relationship between architecture and nature designed within it.
East Art Mags / Zuza Golińska in conversation with Mónika Zsikla
