I(s)land
Exploring the idea of memory, the artist has crafted her work by travelling through time and spaces, imagined, virtual, or physical. Her starting point was her stay in Mallorca and her interaction with the Planas archive, which collects images relating to the island’s cultural heritage and its transformation as a result of the development of mass tourism, between the 1950s and 1970s.
She considers the archive as a place of inspiration, a cognitive space and a tool for multiple interpretations. The collections of old post- cards and commercial photographs, reproduced on a large scale, highlight the process of construction of collective perceptions of the island.
I(s)land from Agata Skupniewicz on Vimeo.
Agata Skupniewicz (born 1990 PO, lives and works in Mallorca (ES)/ Torun (PL) ) is a visual artist and photographer who is developing an interdisciplinary and experimental approach, with an interest in the boundaries of documentary and artistic narrative.
Acknowledgements for contribution from the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in the framework of the Polish Culture in the World programme.
