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Długie Trwanie / Longlasting 2025
The population in 84.5% of predominantly rural regions in Poland is projected to fall between 2023 and 2051.1 At the same time, 40% of society in 2050 will be made up of those aged 60+.2
Each stone becomes both a witness and a remnant. It is a medium for tracking changing practices of labour, care, and belonging. Unlike a traditional geological map showing types of rock, sediment and soil, this project reveals human layers: the needs, emotions and forms of care that have settled into the landscape over generations. Like geological layers, they are formed slowly through inheritance, abandonment, hope and change.
Working together with Stanisław MacLeod, the collected stories combine residents' hopes and fears for the future of cultural heritage with local knowledge of how the region has coped in difficult times. This cross-section of human presence combines the enduring time of stone with the subjective experience of everyday life. It creates a living archive in which one can not only read the past, but also imagine the future – new forms of joint decision-making, leisure, household structures, learning and play.
The stories do not follow a linear narrative. However, together, these fragments form a map that marks not only places, but also what the earth remembers about people and what people remember thanks to the earth.
This project was made possible as part of a residency hosted by Fundacja Wybudowania with curatorial support from Tytus Szabelski-Różniak
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