{"id":10306,"date":"2025-04-14T12:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T10:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=10306"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:18:43","slug":"records-of-waiting-on-time-and-ornament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2025\/04\/14\/records-of-waiting-on-time-and-ornament\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish Pavilion @ the London Design Biennale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Dates: 5 &#8211; 29 June 2025, Location: Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Drawn from the Polish Highland tradition of whittling \u2013 carving small slices into wood, originating from shepherds carving intricate patterns during prolonged periods of waiting with their sheep \u2013 the project reimagines this ornamental practice as a visual record of passing time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/490115809_1018740683689537_6021629684172531406_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/490115809_1018740683689537_6021629684172531406_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/490115809_1018740683689537_6021629684172531406_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/490115809_1018740683689537_6021629684172531406_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/490115809_1018740683689537_6021629684172531406_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/490115809_1018740683689537_6021629684172531406_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Not everyone gets to wait equally. At the heart of the exhibition sits a wooden surface, with twelve panels portraying records of various experiences of waiting. These evoke the slow toil and toll of bureaucratic delays, the quiet tension of social crises, the practiced patience of a taxi driver or a night watchman, and the mind-numbing repetition of daily traffic. Shaped by the hands of artisans and school students, each segment of the installation uses detailed ornamental patterns to reflect the duration and intensity of these scenarios, creating an ornamental landscape to representing\/ evoking our waiting society.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/486138572_1018716667025272_7160153006191638229_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/486138572_1018716667025272_7160153006191638229_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/486138572_1018716667025272_7160153006191638229_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/486138572_1018716667025272_7160153006191638229_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/486138572_1018716667025272_7160153006191638229_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/486138572_1018716667025272_7160153006191638229_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">By combining research on the social dimensions of waiting with the aesthetic language of ornamentation, the exhibition uncovers how temporal experiences not only reflect our place in society, but also shape it. Woodcarving, reinterpreted as a record of waiting, reveals the hidden temporal rhythms of a world that moves rapidly yet at an unequal pace.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/489956065_1018716663691939_6687344953398535666_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/489956065_1018716663691939_6687344953398535666_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/489956065_1018716663691939_6687344953398535666_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/489956065_1018716663691939_6687344953398535666_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/489956065_1018716663691939_6687344953398535666_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/489956065_1018716663691939_6687344953398535666_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Woodcarvers<\/strong>: J\u00f3zef Bukowski, Anna Bukowska, Wojciech Bachleda-Dorcarz, Magdalena Bilczewska-Wi\u015bniewska, Jan Kassowski, Micha\u0142 Kassowski, Szymon Kassowski, Stanis\u0142aw Ko\u015bmi\u0144ski, Wojciech \u0141acek, Andrzej Mrowca, Marcin Rz\u0105sa, Franciszek Rz\u0105sa, Students of Antoni Kenar State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane, Students of Dr W\u0142adys\u0142aw Matlakowski Construction School in Zakopane.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Records-of-Waiting_photo-by-Kuba-Celej-IAM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Records-of-Waiting_photo-by-Kuba-Celej-IAM.jpg 960w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Records-of-Waiting_photo-by-Kuba-Celej-IAM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Records-of-Waiting_photo-by-Kuba-Celej-IAM-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Photos in this article by Kuba Celej Ian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Administering Body<\/strong>: Adam Mickiewicz Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Curatorial and Research Team<\/strong>: Jakub Gawkowski, Monika Rosi\u0144ska, Maciej Siuda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Design:<\/strong> Maciej Siuda Pracownia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Graphic Design<\/strong>: Noviki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>London Design Biennale 5th edition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For more info and tickets<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somersethouse.org.uk\/whats-on\/london-design-biennale-2025\"> HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates: 5 &#8211; 29 June 2025, Location: Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA Drawn from the Polish Highland tradition of whittling \u2013 carving small slices into wood, originating from shepherds carving intricate patterns during prolonged periods of waiting with their sheep \u2013 the project reimagines this ornamental practice as a visual record of passing time. 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