Veronika Hapechnko is taking part in the group exhibition "Does the rising sun affright", on view 15/03 - 26/05/2024 in Zachęta, curated by Aleksandra Skowronska.
"The title of the exhibition is deceptive and, like the entities in Morton’s philosophy, conceals its intentions and semantic scope. The phrase, taken from a poem by William Blake carries meanings related to the transition between night and day, darkness and light, filled with a timid hope for the future. (...) The artists invited to participate in the exhibition, whose biographies and memories are rooted in the moment of transition, themselves embody the category of spectrum, this time across generations. On the one hand, they reach the end of the ‘long 20th century’ (to quote the sociologist Giovanni Arrighi) — a period of global capitalist expansion and extractivism of the planet, its deposits or biosphere; on the other hand, they are part of the 21st century ecological awareness and narratives of ‘planetary care’ or the concept of ‘care for post-nature’ formulated by the researcher Ewa Bińczyk, often accompanied by a sense of helplessness of the individual deprived of sufficient agency." - excerpt from press release.
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March 15, 2024
