C.T. Jasper, Joanna Malinowska
Charge
C.T. Jasper and Joanna Malinowska’s film premiered in 2017 at the exhibition Late Polishness at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art. It was shot on the hills in the Pomeranian town of Przywidz, with more than 30 extras taking part. It deals with the famous hussar wings, one of the popular Polish national symbols, made of cardboard for the film. The artists freed the wings from their military context and showed them in a neutral, almost idyllic situation, as a metaphor of connection between man and bird. The typically Polish soundscape, with the sounds of insects and birds, plays an important role in the work. The video’s duration – 4 minutes and 33 seconds – is a nod to John Cage’s famous composition.
C.T. Jasper, Joanna Malinowska
Multimedia artists living and working in the United States and Poland. They have been making joint projects since 2015, the year they represented Poland at the Venice Biennale. C.T. Jasper is the Chair of Sculpture at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia and Joanna Malinowska teaches at Cornell University in Ithaca.