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Because one must go to sleep feeling very pure

2006, performance
‘Grand Canyon of Art. Landscape of the Mine’ festival – Belchatow Brown Coal Mine (PL)

Photo: Aleksandra Idziak
Photo: Aleksandra Idziak
Photo: Aleksandra Idziak

We ‘dressed’ the barren ground, situated near the lignite mine, in white sheets. We lay down on it, falling asleep surrounded by the hum of machinery. The soil was our companion and confidante. We lay there in contemplation, finding solace in our closeness to it, as well as in each other’s presence. The title of the performance was borrowed from Tymoteusz Karpowicz’s poem ‘Dream’.

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Because one must go to sleep feeling very pure — Karina Marusińska