We use a billboard – the symbol of the modern age consumption – and change it into an object of consideration, reflection and a deep insight into ourselves and the surrounding reality.

Fix yourself!

This section is very important to us – we are fascinated by the topic of self-help and we intensely search for sources that would tell us more about this issue.

This section contains, among others, the works reflecting our fascination with the human mind. The work called “100 billion” reminds us about the potential that all of us carry in our heads. Another work, “Control”, encourages viewers to gain control over the invaluable organ – that is the brain. However, to control and steer your mind in a conscious way, we first need to know what is hidden deep in our subconscious (the work “Eraser”), get acquainted with our fears (the work “Fears”) and analyse the issues that we usually “push outside” (“Boomerang”). The section includes also the mural we painted on one of the dilapidated buildings in Płock. The work concerns our fascination with the power of human thought that is capable of changing reality.

We also included two works concerning the fear of the unknown in this section. These were exhibited on the two walls of the art gallery just opened in an old tenement in Warsaw. One of the works repeats the word “NO” like a mantra, forming in the end the word “unkNOwn”. The other work, exhibited on the opposite wall, contains three variants of a famous saying “The evil you know is better than the one you don’t”. In the most pessimistic variant, the slogan states that “The evil you know is better than the good you don’t”. For the person who believes in that, the experience of good, happiness and love is impossible to achieve.

The section contains also the photographs from the happening “Lack”. In this experiment, we placed a huge word “LACK” on the board and we asked passers-by to mark what they lacked in life at that time by placing colourful circles within the word. Every person could put up just one circle. The colours of the circles denoted different values and needs. Over 100 people took part in the happening. The results of the experiment were as follows: happiness – 31 circles, goal/meaning – 31 circles, feelings – 31 circles, material goods – 14 circles.

This section contains also the series of works entitled “This is art…”, which was exhibited in the public space in Sanok (on billboards, posters, leaflets). The series aimed at answering the question: “What is art?”. Of course, we interpreted the topic in a rather perverse way – what we see as art is a very valuable or even invaluable ability… the ability to be oneself, to realize the truth etc.

The section includes also two works exhibited on a small board that we used for a short time for artistic purpose and that was placed on one of the tenement house in Różana Street.

 

Do it yourself, 2008, billboard, BWA Wrocław, (JG) / Self-consciousness – self-acceptance, being by oneself – coping by oneself, self-destruction – self-knowledge; A cross-stitching pattern – the colours recommended for the pattern are: orange, blue, yellow, red

 

Suffering, 2008, billboard, BWA Wrocław, (JG) / to suffer, past tense: I suffered, present tense: I’m suffering, future tense: I will suffer

 

Boomerang, 2008, billboard, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, (RG) / When you throw something through the door, it returns to you through the window

 

Fears, 2008, billboard, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, (JG) / They will digest your whole mind and body

 

Eraser, 2008, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / The truth – erasing from the consciousness

 

The meaning, 2010, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / The meaning – what a d*ck blew off this candle!

 

Are we there yet?, 2010, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / Are we humans yet? Hum…?

 

Crossroads, 2009, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / You want to make some extra money on the side? Sell your soul to the devil at the crossroads

 

Dreams, 2010, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / Your dreams buried alive

 

Dreams, 2007, billboard, Płock, (JG) / We are such stuff as dreams are made on, W. Shakespeare

 

Not human, 2001, billboard, Poznań, (RG) / I’m a wreck, not a human

 

Available at good bicycle stores, 2002, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / …when you feel empty… thanks to our pumps you can fill up your interior

 

Insomnia, 2001, billboard, Toruń, (JG) / I’m not really evil, I just suffer from insomnia

 

From the brand new wallpaper patterns, we present:, 2001, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / Organs for replacement. If you have noticed that your organs do not serve their purpose… feel free to replace them

 

A shirt, 2001, billboard, Toruń, (RG)

 

Lack, 2008, performance, Toruń / What do you lack? What stings you?

In this experiment, we placed a huge word “LACK” on the board and we asked passers-by to mark what they lacked in life at that time by placing colourful circles within the word. Every person could put up just one circle. The colours of the circles denoted different values and needs. Over 100 people took part in the happening. The results of the experiment were as follows: happiness – 31 circles, goal/meaning – 31 circles, feelings – 31 circles, material goods – 14 circles.

 

 

 

Nigdy nie chciałem, 2006, mural, Płock, (RG)

 

What will remain?, 2007, billboard, Płock, (RG) / If you sell out your whole mind, what will remain?

 

Fixing, 2007, billboard, Płock, (RG) / Best men are moulded out of faults, W. Shakespeare

 

You will win, 2007, billboard, Płock, (RG) / You will win (over) the effects of your bad experiences

 

A journey, 2002, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / An inner journey

 

Riches, 2004, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / Inner riches

 

Hemispheres, 2008, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / I lived my whole life using only one hemisphere of my brain and I didn’t even see that

 

Changes, 2008, billboard, Art Moves Festival, Toruń, (RG) / The only change I accept is the change of underwear, and no more often that once a week, too

 

100 billion, 2009, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / 100 billion neurons in your brain to win

 

Control, 2006, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / Reclaim the control over your own mind

 

Evil, 2008, mural, Happen Transfer, Warszawa, (JG) / The evil you know is better than the one you don’t; The evil you know is better than unknown; The evil you know is better than the good you don’t

In Polish, the slogan can be understood as both „Do I prefer some option or not?” and „Will or enslavement?”. The word „wolę” can be both a form of the verb „prefer” as well as a form of the noun „will”, while „niewolę” is a form of the word „enslavement”.

 

unkNOwn, 2008, mural, Happen Transfer, Warszawa, (RG) / NO, NO, NO… unkNOwn

Will I?, 2008, billboard, Art Moves Festival, Toruń, (JG) / I’m choosing or I’mPrisonment?

The series of works entitled “This is art…” was exhibited in the public space in Sanok (on billboards, posters, leaflets). The series aimed at answering the question: “What is art?”. We interpreted the topic in a rather perverse way – what we see as art is a very valuable ability… the ability to be oneself, to realize the truth etc.

 

Fault, 2009, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / Not through my fault, not through my fault, not through my most grievous fault

 

 

This is art…, 2008, billboard, BWA Galeria Sanocka, (JG) / It’s an art to be alive

 

This is art…, 2008, akcja plakatowa, BWA Galeria Sanocka / It’s an art to be oneself; It’s an art to realize the truth

 

This is art…, 2008, akcja plakatowa, BWA Galeria Sanocka / It’s an art to be oneself; It’s an art to realize the truth

 

 

 

Build it yourself, 2011, billboard, Toruń, (RG) / Build your own prison all by yourself!

 

Thoughts, 2008, mural, Płock / Thoughts; How do thoughts turn into reality?

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