My Family Album

2 objects | digital collages printed analog | found photo | 2022-2023

The project is primarily dedicated to the issue of self-identification, my personal and family history, and memory. It addresses the physical existence of photography as a material source of information and the possibility (or impossibility) of obtaining and correctly interpreting this information.

In search of my Polish identity, fully aware that I will never be a true Pole, I created a new history for myself — my own family album. I used old Polish photographs found at a flea market and private childhood photos.

While searching for old photos, my attention was particularly drawn to one picture: a little girl in a Polish folk costume. I decided to make such a costume for myself. I sewed this costume based on the idea of outfits for paper dolls and inspired by images of theatrical costumes. For me, they are not real either — they are just a created image.