HUBERT KURKIEWICZ
photos by Maciej Jędrzejewski
The pile of pebbles is a metaphor for trying to control chaos. The process of creating an image is a struggle
between the theoretically infinite number of possible combinations and the awareness of the applicable laws of
physics. The role of the artist here is to wishfully recreate alternative scenarios for a given arrangement of
bodies, rather than to create something entirely new. Taking friction, texture and gravity into account, each
image is a reminder of the collision between ideas and matter, the inevitable clash between desire and reality.
The second part of the installation is a video showing chaos in a closed system. A pile of dirty stones is
treated with a stream of water that washes over it at the point of direct contact. Despite the energy invested,
the result is no better than the original. The water fills the entire container, making it impossible to see the
already-washed stones.
The background of the installation is a colour field painting. The colours on it evoke organic associations. Its
texture and expressive afterimages provide a visual contrast to the white and black stones.
The piles of stones spread out in one space, together with the abstract painting and the video, create a stone
landscape - an environment where the viewer moves in one axis of the system.
