11/12/2025—25/01/2026
upcoming exhibition from the Project Room series
Minimising Transformation Needs
Mateusz Hadaś, Marcin Pietrucin
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Between a nursery rhyme and a burning transformer – this is where the story of the true logic of contemporary technical systems begins. The exhibition by Mateusz Hadaś and Marcin Pietrucin, Minimising Transformation Needs, reveals the hidden price of electricity – material, cognitive, and potentially political.
- The artists show that behind the technocratic language of optimisation lies a technical system that, by its very nature, contains the possibility of failure and disaster. What official narratives present as neutral, rational engineering is in fact a constant balancing act between control and the ever-present threat of a short circuit.
- The central video, depicting a burning transformer station juxtaposed with nursery rhymes about electricity, underscores this duality: the educational narrative versus the real risks inherent in technology. The accompanying objects and installations further emphasise the absurdity and fragility of the systems meant to ensure our sense of security.
- In contrast to the mounting sense of unease, the artists create a functional zone with a coffee machine and tables – a place for brief respite and direct, essential contact with art. This seemingly ordinary space becomes a realistic commentary on our everyday interactions with infrastructure and culture: we use them while rarely reflecting on their hidden logic.
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