Archiwum: między życiem a śmiercią. Spojrzenia na Marka Piaseckiego
Archive: Between Life and Death. A Look at Marek Piasecki

Summary/Abstract: An archive is always situated on the borderline of life and death, culture and nature, memory and oblivion, order and chaos. Its essence, therefore, contains an inherent contradiction. It could become a refuge but also a prison, and a boundless force engrossing its creator but also everyone who examines it. Finally, it could be the space of contradictory declarations and secrets, which remain unutterable. The archive leads us to other archives, other stories, worlds, and micro-galaxies. This is true in the case of Marek Piasecki (1935–2011) – photographer, creator of heliography, objects, and collages, reporter of “Tygodnik Powszechy”, member of The Second Kraków Group, engaged in the activity of the Miron Białoszewski theatre. From 1967 Marek Piasecki was an émigré in Sweden, where he remained to the end of his life. His oeuvre – slowly being recalled – still conceals multiple secrets. The prime motif of the presented text an attempt at taking a close look at this unusual person (and his works) via his scattered archive and the fate of successive ateliers-artist’s habitats.

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