Somewhere beyond the last apartment block on the outskirts of the city, fear can be encountered. It takes on a deeply subjective form. At times, it may evoke death, revealing itself in piles of rubbish, discarded everyday objects, or animal bones. At other times, it may be darkness itself — something unknown, or impossible to see. Sometimes it may hide within us, existing as trauma concealed in the subconscious, emerging through contact with the periphery, where nature and culture become one.
On the outskirts, we are no longer the same. The social role we play in the city no longer matters, and what begins to count instead is the physical experience and perception of space. We become individuals, stripped of the context of our natural environment — stripped of the group. This “being left to oneself” confronts us with what is uncomfortable, with things we might rather forget.
Beyond the city, we are like forgotten objects waiting for an unknown future. Their last chance for survival lies in recycling, reuse, and recontextualization.
The exhibition consists of four works divided into two sections. The first explores the circulation of discarded, forgotten, or unwanted objects that once belonged to specific individuals. An overwhelming number of objects stripped of their original context continue to exist on the periphery, waiting to be rediscovered and returned to the center.
The second concerns the physical experience of urban peripheries. It consists of a series of photographs taken mostly in the evenings or at night, depicting objects and spaces I encountered on the outskirts of the city.
MFA Diploma project at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin, Documentation of the exhibition in the rented space "Wielka Odrzańska 17" in Szczecin, Poland 30.06.2026