LUKASZ GLOWACKI

Poland

"I try to 'glue' my intuitive thinking with the conscious making of the facts of the present. Such action can be described as a sequence of events, possessing a 'virgin' quality of the moment. However, limiting this process to a factography, i.e. the construction and order of a sequence of activities, would only be my 'mask of shame'. Arranging the situation of performance is for me, in a certain sense, a deepened self-portrait of its 'author'. Exposing oneself to this situation is like taking part in drawing the so-called 'Odin's Rune' - the only one in the aspect of its present, which can make its self-image more precise, give the hope of finding a way out of an inner impasse, or express it. This psychological self-experience, combined with the realisation of my symbolic thinking, gives the spectator a potential possibility of an empathic co-experience of the existing synchronicity. However, I alone must answer myself whether the attempt has succeeded, whether it is an image of my transformation - or the need for it."

"The Intuition"- 2004. Performance, Kontperformance 8, KONT Gallery. Lublin.

Lukasz Glowacki's performances come out of a broad fine art practice and training. After studying painting, he exhibited widely throughout Poland before adding performance to his practice almost ten years ago, since when he has performed regularly in Poland and Belarus. He also works with film and installations and continues to paint.