In his latest series, Tomasz Kawecki explores the space in which the shadow represents the natural world and the beliefs associated with it. The artist assumes that the shadow has become a hiding place for animistic and primordial beliefs, representing the remnants of the natural world that man has not managed to assign to himself.
Book Description:
British biologist, traveler and popularizer of natural knowledge David Attenborough confirms that, not counting the ocean bottom, there are no places in the world that have not been taken over by humans. So the ancient ghosts of legends had to adapt to the present world. Hiding in the shadows cast by man, they seek refuge in the dark – holes in the ground, caves, nooks and crannies in abandoned houses. He works exclusively at night, moving around in the dark with his camera and flash. He explores the realms of organisms hiding under the cover of darkness – spaces associated with the primordial perception of nature. They are hazy and damp, at once hypnotically alluring and filled with the fear of discovering the unexpected, impossible to name and classify. Accompanied by various species of fungi and mold, the artist experiences the shadows with increasing intensity and dives deeper into his subconscious. He wonders if this primal fear of the ruthless forces of nature has pushed man to barricade himself against it and civilize it?
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