Ksenia Medvedetska “Freedom”

We would like to invite you to the opening of the exhibition and the premiere of the film “Freedom” by Ksenia Medvedetska. The opening will include a presentation and discussion with the people involved in the production of the film.

Exhibition opening: 8 November 2024 (Friday), 18.00–20.30
Where: Galeria Labirynt’s Azyl Library, Lipowa 13 (entrance from Ofiar Katynia Street)
Language: Polish. The event will be translated into Polish Sign Language; translator: Jolanta Gromada. No translation into English or Ukrainian.
Accessibility: The event will take place on the ground floor, in a space free of architectural barriers.
On view until: 6 December 2024 (Tuesday-Thursday, 13.00-18.00)
Free admission

The collection of art clothing entitled “Freedom” was created to present a person who experiences traumatic events, together with the emotions and internal states that accompany the process, a person who frees themselves from the burdens on their way to happiness. Simultaneously, it presents the emotional evolution—from depression and hopelessness to regaining harmony and reestablishing contact with oneself. Each of the five costumes shows a specific stage of the journey and portrays its mood through the use of elements such as patterns, structures, colours and shapes. It also carries its own story and message, based on its own experience.

— In the collection I explore the theme of traumatic experiences in general, rather than focus on specific traumas. I believe that the states I present in the project are well known and quite common in difficult situations, so everyone will be able to recognise themselves and their own situations in what they see. Perhaps some of the viewers will need support or a sense of not being alone. It is also important to understand that trauma or traumatic experiences shape certain behavioural patterns which can be rather unhelpful, or even (and quite often) downright destructive. The acknowledgment and acceptance of the problem already constitutes a good start that may lead to a solution. However, the type of the solution makes all the difference—writes the artist.

Ksenia Medvedetska: – Hi, my name is Ksenia, I’m an artist, and yarn and wool are the tools of my artistic expression. I come from Ukraine and moved to Poland to study. I first studied at KUL, and then transferred to study remotely at a different university. I combine my passions and give them shape in my art. I study psychology at the WSB-NLU University in Nowy Sącz, and I have knitted for 12 years. Knitting has been my passion since childhood, and now I cannot imagine a day without creating. I firmly believe that art is not only the mirror of the soul, but that it can also heal a person after difficult experiences. That is why I entitled my collection of clothes “Freedom”.