Walk_in Synchronicity

Abstract

Don’t expect objectivity in Walk_in Synchronicity. Exactly what I’m interested in are those elements of space that escape attention on a daily basis – nooks, crannies, isthmuses, paths that seem to lead nowhere, details that interact with others in unexpected ways. Although the frames show people immersed in everyday activities – smoking cigarettes on balconies, rushing to work, resting on benches – the context in which I see them gives the paintings a dreamlike, almost magical character.

Being a resident of Łódź, I am particularly sensitive to the peculiar, simultaneous austerity and elegance of my city. Concrete rubble teaches me humility, and the shade of a park bench contrasting with the grey of the pavements evokes a peculiar beauty. Walk_in Synchronicity awakens in me a longing for nature, for something primal that cannot be put completely into words. Wandering through the streets of the Old Polesie neighbourhood, I experience the beauty of the raw ‘noisy’ massifs, which move against the backdrop of thoroughfares and by- passes. Occasionally, between the tenements, one comes across the steady hum of a large air-conditioning unit of an abandoned factory, as if performing a solitary meditation.

From the plethora of details, I pick out those that seem to carry universal meanings. I move from the banality of everyday life, which becomes the starting point, to unusual coincidences, prompting reflections. Although deeply rooted in the urban fabric of Łódź, Walk_in Synchronicity is at the same time a manifesto of a longing for nature.

The entire project can be read as a musical score for the city, in which the individual spaces resonate with each other, even though each remains in its own key.