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Marshes have long served as places of refuge. People sought shelter there to escape state violence, serfdom, military conscription, and systemic exclusion. Michał Pospiszyl, who coined the term escape ecologies, writes that Eastern Europe, with its peat bogs, marshes, and swamps, offered an ideal sanctuary for fugitives and refugees, beyond the reach of the weak Polish nobility. Thanks to their inaccessible terrain and rich ecosystems, wetlands and dense forests enabled the formation of free, coexistence-based communities. A historian living in the Białowieża Forest argues that mud itself resisted modern imperial and nationalist efforts to impose order on the socio-natural landscape.


In a setting that evokes these places, we present the work of artists seeking spaces to confront and process trauma. The participating artists delve into the dark layers of the subconscious, dreams, and ancient beliefs, constructing their own mythologies. For them, mud becomes a metaphor for both the…

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Marshes have long served as places of refuge. People sought shelter there to escape state violence, serfdom, military conscription, and systemic exclusion. Michał Pospiszyl, who coined the term escape ecologies, writes that Eastern Europe, with its peat bogs, marshes, and swamps, offered an ideal sanctuary for fugitives and refugees, beyond the reach of the weak Polish nobility. Thanks to their inaccessible terrain and rich ecosystems, wetlands and dense forests enabled the formation of free, coexistence-based communities. A historian living in the Białowieża Forest argues that mud itself resisted modern imperial and nationalist efforts to impose order on the socio-natural landscape.


In a setting that evokes these places, we present the work of artists seeking spaces to confront and process trauma. The participating artists delve into the dark layers of the subconscious, dreams, and ancient beliefs, constructing their own mythologies. For them, mud becomes a metaphor for both the…

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