The Window

Technical Specifications: Piotr Kolanko Not Anymore Performance, video, object Duration: 20 minutes Not Anymore is part of a series of projects aimed at integrating the self and confronting the traumas of growing up with ADHD, high sensitivity, a sense of otherness, and social misfit. In his work, the artist often explores themes of exclusion, rejection, the loss of safety and comfort, and prolonged exposure to high levels of stress. These actions serve a therapeutic function — helping to restore connection with the body, sensation, and conscious presence. During the performance, the artist undertakes a symbolic act — applying onto his body words, labels, and judgments that have defined his identity over the years. In the final act, through immersion in dense blackness, he connects with his traumatized self, expressing understanding and compassion. At the same time, he draws a boundary between what has shaped him and what he now consciously chooses as a manifestation of his psyche and soma. The performance becomes a symbolic process of transformation. As a side effect of the act, an action painting is created — an image that emerges from the washing away of black paint from the body, symbolizing a transition from darkness into

Technical Specifications:Snake dimensions: 3×3 m, height 1.5 m, weight 40kg all of tougher, oiled steel, profile 4×4.Concrete blocks and bricks symbolize residential construction. The three snake figures represent the most primitive and primal force of unconsciousness. As aptly noted by Juan Eduardo Cirlot, due to its origin, physiognomy, and habits, the snake may correspond to a greater diversity of symbolic concepts directly associated with it. For example, its undulating silhouette symbolizes the force of life, while its intricate movement has become a symbol of unsolved mysteries. The sudden and inexplicable appearances symbolize the untamed forces of unconsciousness that can seize control of human beings. The snake has always been an object of cult and fear, symbolizing invincible and eternal strength and the mysteries of life. The sculpture was created in 2024 and was exhibited in industrial spaces that already had a context of passing, the blending of the new and the old, and the representation of the snake as a guardian of secrets, hidden knowledge, and the proper order of things. This context can be reinstated in gallery spaces by adding bricks and concrete elements to the installation. Embedding the sculpture with symbols of the decay of the old world