When my grandparents were still alive, I would sometimes stay the night in their small apartment on Arabska street. In the old pastel-colored block buildings of the neighborhood, you could spy on people eating through the windows or smoking a cigarette on the balcony. Whispers of old stories rustled through the leaves of the old weeping willow tree. I would swing on its branches, making up stories I can’t remember anymore.
Memories exist between reality and fiction, between the past and the present. I create structures and objects that are gateways into the ephemeral; grounding memories and dreams, making them accessible for others to experience. Using the visual language of domestic spaces as a springboard, I explore how transforming materials and creating environments can represent the nuances of remembering, forgetting, and everything in between.
My background is in textiles, which is a way of making that lays at the core of my practice in the way that it relates to the body and time. Throughout all of the mediums I work in, be it weaving or plaster, there is always an implication of physicality, temporality, and the relationship between the two. I have been exploring how materials and the making process itself can represent themes of memory and family.
While my heart lies in Warsaw, I am a currently based in NYC and an MFA candidate at The New School pursuing a degree in Fine Arts and received a BFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2021.
kasia.hope@gmail.com
