Hidden Parameters – exhibition at the OP ENHEIM gallery in Wrocław
- Dodano dnia:
It is part of a long-term project curated by Marta Lisok, in which a group of participants (Olga Micińska, Iza Tarasewicz, Zinaida Tchelidze, Kuba Święcicki, Olga Milczyńska, Anna Bera, Marek Wodzisławski, Huba (Jakub Ciemachowski and Piotr Kołakowski), Rest (Dominika Gacka and Julia Piekarska), P55 Mirrors (Beata Ludwin and Łukasz Wołek), and Agata Marchlewicz) experimented with materials rooted in craft practices while simultaneously drawing from conceptual strategies.
The exhibition Hidden Parameters Ukryte parametry is conceived as a record of the body’s activity – tirelessly gathering, smoothing, weaving, and connecting. It forms part of a long-term project in which a group of participants experiment with diverse materials. While rooted in methods derived from craft traditions, it simultaneously engages conceptual strategies. At the heart of this exchange lies an attempt to devise tools for testing new modes of sensing and thinking. Situated at the intersection of science, art, and craft, the project functions as a kind of remedial programme, carried out in response to the environmental challenges of our time.
The shared denominator of the exhibition is a set of practices grounded in metaphors of composting – not only as a strategy of reuse and a reflection on the concept of degrowth, but also as an invitation to think collectively, to manoeuvre beyond fixed definitions, and to embrace that which is ambiguous, incomplete, uncertain, or not yet fully articulated.
Composting here becomes a way of seeking alternative means of describing reality: by drawing upon indigenous and pre-industrial knowledge, or by looking forward towards speculative tools, biomaterials, and new models of cooperation.
Examples of such approaches in the exhibition include giving voice to matter, mapping the effort embedded in interaction with it, and assembling an archive of labour already undertaken. These practices arise from the need to describe activities that sustain bonds forged through collective acts of digging, raking, gathering, and cleaning. The featured works attempt to capture and illuminate those moments when language dissolves because the hands are occupied and the body, absorbed in a familiar rhythm, begins to ease. Thoughts then flow freely, weaving connections into stories suspended between fact and conjecture, the truth of matter and the play of imagination.
From this perspective, the objects in the exhibition reflect time spent grappling with the transmission of tacit guidelines – filtered through bodily memory, which can be communicated only through shared practice. The heightened awareness that arises in such moments resonates with the ancient concept of mētis: a form of embodied, scattered knowledge grounded in the subconscious capacity to respond to shifting variables – the dynamics of materials, atmospheric fluctuations, pressure, humidity, or the direction of the wind.
Long dismissed by philosophers, mētis was rooted in patient observation and waiting for the right moment; in sensitivity to the subtle signs of change. It was associated with a willingness to immerse oneself in matter, to adhere to it and merge with it, producing a soothing sense of liberation from the illusion of separateness and independence.
Within this framework of embodied, elusive knowledge, the “hidden parameters” invoked in the exhibition’s title transform the presented objects into forms resembling abandoned armour, skeletal frameworks, or moulted skins. The archive of their production processes becomes not merely a record of individual gestures, but also a chronicle of interactions, of coexistence with other species, and ultimately of research itself. It acts as an incentive to unsettle rigid systems of data organisation, to dissolve initial assumptions, and to follow the lead of the material.
Hidden Parameters
October 17, 2025 – February 22, 2026
OP ENHEIM Art Gallery
Plac Solny 4, Wrocław
Curator: Marta Lisok @martalisok
Audiodeskrypcja do wystawy dostępna jest TU: Audioprzewodnik – Ukryte Parametry
ACCOMPANYING EVENTS:
October 17, 2025, Friday, 7:00 PM | OPENING
October 18, 2025, Saturday, 4:00 PM | Curatorial tour with Dr. Marta Lisok and Olga Milczyńska
November 5, 2025, Wednesday, 5:00 PM | Workshop with Marek Styczyński
November 15, 2025, Saturday, 1:00 p.m., guided tour with Dr. Ewa Klekot
November 20, 5:00 PM, guided tour with Dr. Marta Michalska
December 11, 2025, Thursday, workshop with Dr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk, 5:00 PM
January 21st, guided tour of the exhibition with Dr. Andrzej Marzec
We thank the FLOWLAND Foundation for providing a wonderful workspace, local materials, and the technical support that the artists received in Tarczyn.
We thank the OP ENHEIM Art Gallery for their collaboration in organizing the residency, providing an exhibition space, and supporting the Hestia Artistic Journey Foundation.
Sfinansowano ze środków Fundacji Artystyczna Podróż Hestii.
Partner Fundacja Artystyczna Podróż Hestii i STU Ergo Hestia S.A.
Stowarzyszenie Nów. Nowe Rzemiosło realizuje projekt „Ukryte parametry” finansowany w ramach Krajowego Planu Odbudowy i Zwiększania Odporności (KPO). Projekt jest częścią Inwestycji A2.5.1: Program wspierania działalności podmiotów sektora kultury i przemysłów kreatywnych na rzecz stymulowania ich rozwoju
