Klinkerwerk

25 August 2024 – 17 November 2024

PV: Sunday 25 August, 1 pm – 3.30 pm in-conversation Sława Harasymowicz and Dr Magdalena Ziółkowska. 

Klinkerwerk is the first contemporary artistic installation on the site of the former, and one of the largest concentration camps in the Third Reich.

Curated by Dr Magdalena Ziółkowska, art historian and critic. 

Additional sound collaboration Ian Powell, sound designer and drummer.

Supported by The Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship Programme. With the kind support of the University of the Arts London, CSM doctoral programme. Special thanks to Dr Alexandra Köhring, KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme.

"As far as I am concerned my practice is auto/biographical, and I am intrigued as to what this can mean, beyond my own personal questions and obsessions, how ‘archives’ can make me see things differently, change my reactions to history. Right here my family history is similar to thousands of other families’ histories. And memory interacts with architecture. But as I said earlier, the idea of actually visiting this place was completely abstract, I didn’t even consider it until a couple of years ago "(...) From in-conversation between the artist and the curator. Full text here.

Photo: c/o SHGL, Clara Mansfeld, 2024