Aleksandra Wałaszek




Works



And If This is Home, Welcome Home
Stick and a Piece of Cloth
Down Below
Mobile Museum
Big Papa
Caution Female
Journey of Objects
B/R/Z  - Lost and Found
Little Sea
Pic Nic
Look Inside
Loss for Words
Dual Purpose Object
DWD / House Supporting Home
Mad Maps
Mega Mop
Only Traces
Panorama
Plant Passport
Sorry
Sun Effect
Calendar
Universal Structure to Perform the Ceremony
America, Love it or Leave it
350.20 ft³ of Warmth



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Stick and a Piece of Cloth




Stick and a piece of cloth (exercise for beginners), 1920 × 1080 video, 1:14 min, 2022




This short video was filmed in the fields where I grew up, a small village in southwestern Poland. The field - “pole” is the root word for Poland - “Polska”. Therefore I consider it a fundamental component of the work that demonstrates an exercise inspired by Tai Chi Sword training which is  practiced for defense and health benefits. This repetition of movements performed with a stick and a piece of cloth resembling a polish flag treads a thin line between patriotism and nationalism.