Piotr Krysiak

The Records capture the experience of reality as it is. They are a registration without interpretations, judgments, or meanings, focusing on living from one moment to the next. A Record can be created at any chosen place or time. The project lasted for one year.

Sample videos:

Records:

Record 16.03.2013, 13:52—13:55, next to Skałki Twardowskiego
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 9.03.2013, 13:47—13:52, Golden lane
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 24.02.2013, 12:31—12:37, Wołowiec
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 23.02.2013, 12:19—12:24, Wołowiec
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 16.02.2013, 17:05—17:12, Kraków: around the Krakus Mound
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 11.02.2013, 16:11—16:14, Kraków: Podolski boulevard, under the railway bridge
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 3.02.2013, 13:10—13:15, at my parents'
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 30.01.2013, 18:45—18:52, home: living room, corridor and kitchen in the dark
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 11.01.2013, 15:34—15:46, cold
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

Record 3.01.2013, 15:49—15:55, based on part of Philip Glass' "Einstein on the beach" libretto
ink on mdf, 20 x 25 cm + video

My movements are a result of a set of numbers defined in Philip Glass's opera. After receiving a certain sequence a few times, the mind automatically assumes the next one will be the same, resulting in a loss of contact with what actually is.

The similarity seems apparent (for example, brushing your teeth today and yesterday). When you peel potatoes, you likely don't focus entirely on the action. Each successive potato feels like just another potato. This apparent similarity is fleeting. While peeling, you might think about an upcoming meeting or a trip out of town. You are absent, yet every movement of your hands is new. This is the essence of the Seemingly project. However, it doesn't change the fact that each successive potato is, indeed, just another potato.