POSTGRANICZE

2024

by Joanna Zabielska

Postgranicze is a world of speculative fiction built upon a foundation of reality. Set in the borderland forests of Podlasie, where Poland, Belarus,
and Ukraine converge, it is a place where the soil speaks—its voice rich with histories and myths, personal testimonies, and magical tales, woven into a tapestry of languages and dialects. Postgranicze is both a story and a provocation— a call to imagine the unimaginable, rooted in the whisper of the land.

Joanna Zabielska created a VR world, and a physical installation from hay, printed fabrics, and a traditional craft object - straw ‘pająk’.

Zosia Hołubowska composed a general landscape for the VR worlds as well as an interpretation of one of Poland’s most archaic songs, ‘Oj, chmielu’ (Oh, hops) from the Podlasie region.

Joanna Zabielska works at the intersection of digital art, performance, and architecture.

https://joannazabielska.com/