I liked those mornings
When the air was clean and crisp
The sun peeked into the house through the curtains
Lilies of the valley grew under the window
Their heavy calyxes
Filled with a sweet scent
They said that lilies of the valley grew there even during the German occupation
That’s why they are so thick
Heavy
Different
We are like that too
Different
That’s what they said (…)
Tschetsch See. I want to lie on your lap.
(30-minute performance, based on the text of the same title)
I spent this year’s vacation sitting in the bushes, away from people. I swam, walked, wondered what language I would speak after my temporary seclusion. In the text, the people who shaped me come back to me. But there are also new, surprising guests.
For several years now, I have been developing performances based on the texts I write. Like other forms of art I do—films, objects, photographs—they allow me to experiment and analyze, without which my art could not exist.
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𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐤k (b. 1978 in Lubań) is a visual and performance artist, creator of films and spatial forms, and a lecturer. Her work explores the social efficacy of art and its psychological dimensions.
Since 2014, she has been developing an autobiographical series that merges themes of mourning and trauma with formal experimentation in film, positioned at the intersection of performance, documentary, and theater. She collaborates with actors, writes screenplays, and directs her own productions. In parallel, since 2011, she has been creating empathetic, relational actions with invited participants, staging performances based on her own texts.
In 2023, BWA Zielona Góra published Zrobię serce / I’ll Make a Heart, edited by Anna Łazar. The book offers an in-depth reflection on Kubiak’s individual practice, accompanied by psychoanalytic commentary on her work.
From 2001 to 2013, she co-founded the influential performance duo Grupa Sędzia Główny with Karolina Wiktor. The group’s works are included in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw and the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, among others. Kubiak resumed her solo practice in 2010 with the film Dolce Vita (2011).
In 2016, she earned her Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Arts in Poznań under the supervision of Prof. Izabella Gustowska and in collaboration with Prof. Marek Wasilewski. Since 2017, she has taught at the Institute of Visual Arts at the University of Zielona Góra. She lives in Zielona Góra, where she collaborates with the Salony Foundation and the BWA Gallery.
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