autumn 1979

Świeszyno near Miastko

action performed during an  artistic plein-air

Maria Pinińska-Bereś:

In Świeszyno in the Słupsk province, in a small hollow between hills, I built an installation. White posts and a thick white rope fence off a large white trapezoid quilt. A tall pink flag has been stuck in it. A small label saying “bańki mydlane” [soap bubbles], dated and signed, hangs on the fence. Wearing a long white dress, I lie down on the quilt, and half-reclining, I blow soap bubbles – a symbol of my art, of its fragility and impermanence. I end the performance by blowing air back into the soapy water, so that it spills on the quilt. The idea was also to symbolize ephemeral art.