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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
Sunspot
Sunspot
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Sunspot is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness. The artist drew inspiration from the travels of Roni Horn, the concepts of Robert Smithson, and the writings of Borges, Calvino, Verne, and Kōbō Abe.
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
All photographs presented in the exhibition were developed by hand in a darkroom, emphasizing the physical nature of working with light-sensitive material. This process, which requires precision and attentiveness, is an integral part of the project and resonates with its contemplative, experimental dimension.
Jakub Szachnowski, curatorial text for exhibition Sunspot, Fort Institute of Photography, Warsaw, 2025
Sunspot
©2023
Joanna Tochman. Selected works from 2018—2023
Joanna Tochman, 2018—2022
Design Gabriela Basta