Jagoda Dobecka
PhD Candidate, Doctoral School, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow
BIO
Jagoda Dobecka (born 1991 in Bystrzyca Kłodzka) is a Polish visual artist living in Wroclaw. In her realizations, she explores themes such as grief, nostalgia and longing, looking for ways to collectively experience states associated with loss and elements that provide a sense of security. She is interested in utilitarian art strategies that initiate spaces to establish and expand relationships and change social hierarchies.
A graduate of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, she is a PhD candidate of the Doctoral School of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Co-founder and member of the Wykwitex group active in 2017- 2020. Participant of the MeetFactory residency program in Prague, KAIR Košice Artist in Residence, Goyki3 in Sopot, ssesi.space in Brno. Finalist of the 13th edition of the Geppert competition. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Mayor of Wroclaw. Nominated for the WARTO Award in the category of Visual Arts (Wrocław 2021).
Abstract
Collective coping with the loss
The loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult experiences. We live in a culture where we can’t talk about mourning and loss. Sometimes it is even hard for us to admit to ourselves that we are suffering a lot. When we have this experience, we usually stay alone with it. We don’t want to burden others with our problems, we don’t want to upset them, we don’t want them to feel confused. The amount of pain and longing is too great to bear it alone. Mourning doesn’t have to be a state removed from public sphere. You can experience it together. Sooner or later, it will touch each of us.
The presentation will be about finding and building ways to collectively share difficult experiences, especially those related to loss using the example of the panelist’s artistic and research work.
Key words: loss, grief, community, meeting, dinner