Exhibition: Bożenna Biskupska: Cabinet of Possibilities Vol. 2

Opening: May 30, 2026, 5:00 PM

Exhibition open: June 1 – October 30, 2026
International Laboratory of Culture
2 Różana Street, Sokołowsko, Lower Silesia

Opening program: Concert by the duo Zdzisław Piernik & Sławomir Janicki
May 30, 2026, 6:30 PM
Zdrowie Cinema Theatre
36 Główna Street, Sokołowsko

Cabinet of Possibilities was conceived as an evolving exhibition — a mutable, open space subject to transformation, revealing successive aspects of Bożenna Biskupska’s artistic practice. Within the historic sanatorium interiors, which for years have served both as the artist’s workplace and as a site of activity for the In Situ Foundation, art intertwines with the process of reconstruction, the memory of the place, and the idea of constant transformation.

The second edition of the Cabinet presents sculptural works in concrete and bronze, including pieces from the iconic Demarcation of the Image 01 series, as well as the newest, previously unseen painting cycle Demarcation of the Image — This and That. The new paintings develop one of the key motifs in Biskupska’s work — the figure of the One-Legged a recurring sign present in her practice for decades. In this series, the artist returns to the primordial origin of sculptural form: the wax figure that precedes the bronze cast and is subsequently “elevated” onto the surface of the painting.

Following the opening, at 6:30 PM, the Zdrowie Cinema Theatre will host a concert by the duo Zdzisław Piernik & Sławomir Janicki as part of the exhibition’s opening program.

This will be their second joint performance on this stage — the first, several years ago, took place during a storm whose sounds subtly merged with the music itself. This time, rarely paired instruments will meet again: tuba, two double basses, and soprano saxophone. Improvisation, the memory of the place, and the living acoustics of the space will create a unique sonic situation — music that happens only here and now.

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Bożenna Biskupska — painter, sculptor, and installation artist. Her practice is based on transforming figuration into an abstract language of signs, lines, and traces, revolving around themes of time, space, and order. She works with concrete, film negatives, linseed oil, and new technologies, creating immersive spatial forms.

More at: biskupska.pl

Zdzisław Piernik — performs on stages around the world, where he is acclaimed for his originality and expressive power. He has made numerous recordings as a soloist, both with piano accompaniment and with symphony orchestras. As a soloist, he has participated in hundreds of symphonic and chamber concerts. His repertoire ranges from his own transcriptions of old masters to the latest achievements in contemporary music. As the first tubist in Poland, he introduced harmonics, glissandi, frullato, and multiphonics into his playing.

Sławek Janicki — musician, filmmaker, and creator of artistic projects. He began his activity in the mid-1980s as part of artistic movements active between Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz. He co-created the so-called Yass Scene, centered around the legendary Mózg club in Bydgoszcz, founded in 1994 and still run by Janicki today. For more than thirty years he has remained active on the international improvised music scene, performing throughout Europe and Australia. As a musician, he is fully devoted to absolute improvisation as the purest form of music-making.

www.sokolowsko.org