Picnic on a Slag Heap, 2024
"Adjacency", Rondo Art Gallery, Katowice, Poland
Film/performance by Alicja Bielawska and Maria Stokłosa
The work was created for the exhibition: “Adjacency”, Rondo Art Gallery, Katowice.
Video, 21 min
Cinematography: Mariusz Rychłowski
Aerial Shots: Dawid Masalski, Michał Fic
Editing and colour grading: Maciej Gryzełko
The choreography set against the backdrop of the slag heap refers to the unique character of this place, which is the result of significant human intervention in the land through the mining industry. Although the slag heap stands as a monument to the efforts of those whose labour over decades has shaped the post-industrial landscape – a space made familiar by the memories of local residents – it simultaneously appears as a foreign element.