Cieplarnia

Greenhouses in home gardens are built out of a desire to grow plants, fruits, and vegetables independently. They provide the certainty that these plants will thrive in natural and optimal conditions. A greenhouse’s role goes beyond just creating the right environment; it also protects plants from adverse weather conditions. In these sheltered settings, one can cultivate high-quality plants, as well as species that wouldn't typically survive in an uncontrolled climate. Gardening, as a hobby, positively influences the gardener’s personality, fostering traits such as patience, care, and mindfulness. It also offers a form of relaxation and respite from daily stress. The term 'greenhouse conditions' can also be used metaphorically to describe an environment free from stress, trouble, and difficulty—one that allows for unhindered growth, but can also lead to over-sensitivity. Similarly, the construction of 'The Greenhouse' has created a unique artistic microclimate, acting as a kind of laboratory for activities and thoughts around care, open collaboration, and relationship-building in exceptional conditions. These unique conditions subtly emphasize the decorative nature of a potentially functional structure. The retro atmosphere of the architectural framework enhances the hospitable character of the entire endeavor. Artists have freely made themselves at home in this space, interacting with the existing structure by adding, cutting through, building upon, and suspending objects. The initial impulse for the 'Greenhouse' project came from the threat of losing Pracownia Wschodnia. We want to collectively consider how to create spaces that function as artistic greenhouses, where ideas of unrestricted creativity, exchange, dialogue, freedom, and non-hierarchical collaboration can be safely nurtured. Can these spaces be protected from sudden political and business shifts? Is it even possible to create the perfect conditions for the emergence and growth of art? In such isolated, greenhouse-like settings, can we develop ideas and content that address the tensions of the external world?