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remember (me)
Przemysław Jasielski - Remembering Machine
This work "remember(me)" by Polish artist Przemysław Jasielski shows black liquid moving over transparent panels, with forms appearing and disappearing like living drawings.
Background uses actual archival footage from Warsaw automotive factory in 1978. Based on this, the artist created 16 drawings depicting workers as "human-machine hybrids.“
Hydraulic devices flow ink-colored liquid over drawings carved on transparent plexiglass. Worker forms emerge then get erased as liquid flows down, repeating every 10-15 minutes.
Important in title "remember(me)" is parenthetical "me"—suggesting uncertainty about who should be remembered. This repetitive process makes us think about memory and forgetting, human imperfect memory and mechanical repetition's perfection.
Interestingly, this work shares much with traditional ink painting—black liquid flowing like ink bleeding, line-centered drawing, relationships between empty space and form.
Unlike ink painting ending with single brushstroke, this implements "continuing present" through mechanical repetition, combining painting, sculpture, machine, and data into new artistic language.
Background uses actual archival footage from Warsaw automotive factory in 1978. Based on this, the artist created 16 drawings depicting workers as "human-machine hybrids.“
Hydraulic devices flow ink-colored liquid over drawings carved on transparent plexiglass. Worker forms emerge then get erased as liquid flows down, repeating every 10-15 minutes.
Important in title "remember(me)" is parenthetical "me"—suggesting uncertainty about who should be remembered. This repetitive process makes us think about memory and forgetting, human imperfect memory and mechanical repetition's perfection.
Interestingly, this work shares much with traditional ink painting—black liquid flowing like ink bleeding, line-centered drawing, relationships between empty space and form.
Unlike ink painting ending with single brushstroke, this implements "continuing present" through mechanical repetition, combining painting, sculpture, machine, and data into new artistic language.