Spirits of the Forest – interactive exhibition
On Saturday 9th December, at 4 pm, an interactive exhibition “Spirits of the Forest” will be opened in the Self-Service Museum on the 2nd floor of the Wrocław Contemporary Museum.
Inside the forest there is beauty and mystery. This domain of wilderness, carefully avoided by people at night, inspires awe and fear. Tree trunks with eyes, whispering twigs, surprising shapes emerging from entangled greenery – all of them remind us that forests are inhabited not only by animals and plants. Leśnicas, borowiecs, szyszaks or bieses are just some of the names of these beings, and there are many more.
The history of the forest goes beyond human memory and its roots grow deeper in the common subconscious than we can imagine.
Contemporary art is a kind of therapy for people living in cities. Outside urban settlements the same role is fulfilled by nature, which inspires awe and reverie, relaxes and soothes. The visual richness embedded in wildlife increases our sensitivity to aesthetics while inducing deep relaxation and attention, which may nevertheless be easily lost in the sensory overloaded urban environment. Now a forest has appeared inside the shelter so that you could summon your tutelary spirit that will become alive in the common subconscious as a symbolic manifestation of nature’s power.
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