We invite you to Ostrołęka, where on July 18, 2024 you will be able to see our „RzeczyViste” installation.

“RzeczyViste” is an installation that aims to draw attention to the fate of Polish citizens deported deep into the Soviet Union in 1940-1941. Through its unusual form, it is supposed to intrigue and surprise the audience. It is a metaphor for an open suitcase. The items presented in it have been selected so as to correspond to those that accompanied people deported to Siberia. In front of each item there is a black or white plate with a brief description of its owner’s fate. It contains basic information about the deportee: name, age and place of deportation.

“We wanted to tell in a moving way that stimulates empathy about what we show every day in the Museum. History is absorbed differently when it is enclosed in some space, behind glass. “RzeczyViste” responds to the human need for contact – there’s no obstacle between a person and an object. It is right under our feet, we even stumble over the story it carries,” says the author of the installation, Karolina Mosiej-Zambrano.

We invite all interested to take part in this extraordinary history lesson.

Paweł Kalisz was responsible for the substantive development.

Free admittance.

July 18, 2024

10:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Ostrołeka, Lech Kaczyński Square