Opening: 13.06.2024 (Thursday), 7–10PM (last entrance at 9PM)
Exhibition: 14–23.06.2024, (Fri–Sun: 10AM–8PM, Mon–Thu: 2–8PM)
Place: Art_Inkubator, Tymienieckiego 3, 90-326 Łódź, Poland
Soft Spot is all about a painful lesson in sensitivity and the process of healing, but also of the artist’s attempt to connect with her inner child through play
The exhibition brings you into the life of contradictions and contrasts in the author’s family, affected by the father’s alcohol addiction and the codependency developed by other family members. Here, imagination becomes the only safe space. Michalina Kacperak visited her family home regularly for three years to photograph the room of her youngest sister, Zosia. Focusing on items first, she would then move on to engage in distinct interactions with the family members. Through play, the two sisters explored and transformed the small room, in which the photographer found visual metaphors for her childhood memories. The photos are in fact the record of the returns that she needed in order to finally leave home properly.
Curator: Katarzyna Sagatowska
Partners of the exhibition: Fujifilm Poland, Lodz Film School, JEDNOSTKA Gallery
Exhibition in partnership with Krakow Photomonth Festival
Michalina Kacperak, Untitled #1, from the ‘Soft Spot’ series, 2021–2024
Michalina Kacperak, Untitled #11, from the ‘Soft Spot’ series, 2021–2024