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Carpet

2008, performance
Wroclaw Non Stop Festival – Market Square, Wroclaw (PL)

Photo: Paweł Siwiak

During the performance, we put on a shared skirt in the form of a huge banner printed with a carpet pattern. In this way, we created an intimate yet public space in Wroclaw’s Market Square, to which passers-by felt invited. Children played on the carpet, while adults rested. We also became a ‘tourist attraction’, a subject for photographs and sharing. We stood in silence, limiting our movements, observing the reactions of others. We reflected on our boundaries, on the status of what is private and what is on public display.

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Carpet — Karina Marusińska