Katarzyna Klich | ARTERIOSUM

Katarzyna Klich | ARTERIOSUM

Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.
Opening: 4.02.2025, 19:00
4.02.2025 -17.02.2025
Graphics: Agata Kulczyk

Ligamentum Arteriosum is a term from the area of ​​anatomy and physiology that describes the fused blood vessel connecting the aortic arch with the pulmonary trunk. It is the remnant of the ductus arteriosus, which physiologically and anatomically closes immediately after birth. The physical particle that enables such a direct exchange of breath. Some speck, a remnant of a mother, of another person.

Tree roots grow to form underground corridors, sometimes on a microscale on biological slides, like pulsating blood vessels that try to get closer to each other, looking for mutual connections. They also grow in pots near our windows, or crawl in the dark right under our windows, doors, houses, fields, and forests. They grow together to form systems of interconnected vessels that communicate, feed and protect each other.  The roots weave themselves into manholes, pipes, building undergrounds, wells, and artificial materials we create, forming the subcutaneous, living, organic fabric of the city. They take over the space of places and cities abandoned by man, creating their own cities of roots.

I dedicate my work to trees.