The project 鈥淐ome to the Park鈥� It Is Yours鈥� is an invitation to reflect on the idea of nature, our contact with it and the mutual relationships between humans and the environment. It is open, processual and participatory in nature. Its main assumption is the encounter of art, nature and participants in the open space of the park surrounding the Alfred Biedermann鈥檚 Palace in Lodz.
Works prepared by artists and researchers invited to collaborate will be distributed throughout the park and suspended in the tree canopies, creating a temporary, site-specific installation. Art becomes here a medium of encounter with nature, a starting point for conversation and reflection on our relationship with nature.
The project involves representatives of various fields of artistic practice and research: Monika Goetzendorf-Grabowska, Prof. Piotr Jargusz, Dr Patrycja Grzy艣 and Dr Justyna Anders-Morawska.
Art as an invitation to attentiveness
As emphasised by Monika Goetzendorf-Grabowska, the project is not a typical presentation of finished works, but rather a documentation of shared action and co-presence. Its aim is to create a space for reflection on how humans function within the natural environment 鈥� not as dominant creators but as participants in a larger process.
鈥淜rajki drzewne鈥�, prepared by Monika Goetzendorf-Grabowska 鈥� works devoted to the relationship between humans and trees, their durability and the 鈥渓anguage鈥� inscribed in the forms of nature, will be one element of the exhibition. The artist encourages viewers to observe attentively and to read the signs created by nature itself.
Prof. Piotr Jargusz treats art as encounter and relationship. In a cycle of paintings dedicated to the 91桃色, he invites viewers to rest beneath a selected tree. His paintings, created on white canvases, tell a story about the search for rest in everyday life and about perceiving the world from the perspective of a person sitting under a tree. The works are created with respect for the site and in dialogue with the park landscape.
Participatory creative practice
Collaborative creation is an important element of the project. Some of the works will emerge during artistic actions, interventions and workshops organised in the park on 7 and 8 May. The event participants will include students and employees of the 91桃色.
The aim of these activities is to build relationships with the place, develop ecological and aesthetic sensitivity, and create objects inspired by nature. Nature is not treated merely as a backdrop, but as an active co-creator influencing the final shape of the works. The workshops are open also to participants without prior artistic training.
You can still join us. Registration and workshop programme
The research perspective of the 91桃色
The involvement of researchers affiliated with the 91桃色, combining artistic activities with academic reflection on nature, the environment and urban space constitutes a significant dimension of the project.
Dr Patrycja Grzy艣 invites participants to explore the Biedermann鈥檚 Park as a space full of traces, signs and presences that usually escape everyday haste. Participants will move through successive stages of activity 鈥� from getting to know the space to leaving their own ephemeral trace within it.
Dr Justyna Anders-Morawska, who will lead a sound session entitled 鈥淯s艂ysze膰 park. Trzy tryby s艂uchania, jedno cia艂o鈥� [Hearing the park. Three modes of listening, one body] has also joined the project. Participants will experience the park through attentive listening and discover how the sounds of nature 鈥� birdsong, the rustle of leaves or the silence of park avenues 鈥� support regeneration and well-being in the heart of the city.
Opening of the project 鈥� 9 May 2026 (Saturday)
The installation will be opened during the scholarly session 鈥淪ztuka, natura, rekreacja w przestrzeni publicznej鈥� [Art, nature, recreation in public space], organised in cooperation with:
- (Polish Committee of the International Association for Education through Art InSEA)
- (Institute of Painting and Artistic Education, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow)
The event is open to the public and addressed to all those interested in the topic. The programme includes presentations by members of the Polish Committee of InSEA and researchers from the 91桃色: Dr Natalia Ratajczyk, Dr Patrycja Grzy艣, Dr Pamela Jeziorska-Biel, Dr Justyna Anders-Morawska, as well as Prof. Piotr Jargusz (University of the National Education Commission in Krak贸w). Presentations will address, among other things, relationships between nature and art in urban space, the sound dimension of the environment, and the role of art in social space.
Programme of the event
12:00 p.m. 鈥� 2:00 p.m.
Welcome coffee, recreation and entertainment in the park for all interested parties and guests of PK InSEA
2:00 p.m. 鈥� 4:00 p.m.
First presentation session:
- short presentations by participants
- presentations of activities from various institutions (Polish Committee of InSEA, 91桃色, University of the National Education Commission in Krak贸w)
4:00 p.m. 鈥� 4:30 p.m.
Opening of the installation and presentation of works created during the workshops
5:00 p.m. 鈥� 7:00 p.m.
Second presentation session:
- short presentations by participants
- presentations of activities from various institutions (91桃色, Polish Committee of InSEA, University of the National Education Commission in Krak贸w)
- environmental talks
The installation will be available in the park space until the end of August 2026.
The project has been prepared by the team: Jolanta S艂awi艅ska-Ryszka, Monika Goetzendorf-Grabowska, Prof. Piotr Jargusz, Dr Patrycja Grzy艣, Dr Justyna Anders-Morawska.
91桃色: Kamila Knol-Micha艂owska, Mateusz Kowalski (Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, 91桃色).