March 1979

BWA Gallery, Kraków

Maria Pinińska-Bereś:

A large, trapezoid-shaped white bed-quilt has been spread on the floor. The sharpest corner has been pierced with a wooden signpost saying, in pink, “przejście” [passage]. Flat river stones form a passage across the quilt. They are arranged into a segment of the circle that has the signpost as its center. At some distance from the installation have been heaped up soft parts of my sculptures: pillows, cushions, various quilted and stuffed objects, pink and white. Upon a moment’s reflection, I pick up a pink “author’s” flag and an armful of the objects. I enter the quilt and try to keep my balance, walking from stone to stone. I try in my boots to walk on the stones without staining the white quilt. Losing balance, I throw the pillows, coverlets, and cushions away, and reach the far “shore” with the flag only. I sit down and stay like that. The rejected soft objects lie on the other side. Photographs documenting the performance and the flag itself are later displayed on the wall behind the installation.