FOREST DESIRES is dedicated to the pains and temptations of the forest. To human longings and fears that lie hidden in the depths of the forest and become visible in human exploitation and destruction. 

The four artists Aleksandra Liput, Antonina Nowacka, Nina Paszkowski and Manuela Mehrwald conceive the exhibition FOREST DESIRE from an ecofeminist, mystical-experimental and socially critical perspective. The forest becomes a metaphorical site of negotiation for their artistic debate, which they understand as mystified, alive and threatening. For them, the forest reveals decentralized perspectives and entangled complexities, both human and non-human. 

Although the human position within the forest cannot be fully determined, there seems to be a consensus in human perception that the charms of the forest make human being sensitive. The artists explore their thoughts and feelings about the desire of the forest as well as the relational dynamics therein from their respective artistic media and develop individual approaches that inseparably overlap. Be it in painterly disruptions (Nina Paszkowski), gentle reification (Aleksandra Liput), psychedelic sound art (Antonina Nowacka) or fairytale-like words (Manuela Mehrwald). 

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Thus, the human senses become stimulated on many levels in this exhibition, continually asking: What can we learn from the forest for our togetherness? How do we meet ourselves and the forest? And ultimately, how can we desire without destroying? The forest invites us to enter, the artistic approaches to communicate. Though accompanied by the four artists, we must find the way out on our own.

text by: Manuela Mehrwald

curator: Katarzyna Piskorz

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