Curatorial text prepared by Przemysław Wideł

In the beginning, there was soil.
Not the word. Not light. Not an idea.

And man was not created — he was formed.
From what is soft, moist, and shapeable.

There was no image yet.
There were fingers pressed into the earth.
Dust beneath the nails.
Ochre ground against stone.
Hands immersed in reddish pigment.

From the same soil came the first vessels.
From the same — the first marks on cave walls — traces of presence.
It was the earth that preserved form and held the gesture.

Life is somewhat like soil.
It can be crushed in the hands.
It can slip through the fingers.
It can overwhelm with its vastness.

Man is somewhat like soil.
Fertile — he yields to form and flourishes.
Dried out — he cracks and fades into barrenness.

Art is somewhat like soil…
…but somewhere along the way, we forgot its origin.

The GREEN GOLEM project attempts to recall it.
This is not a manifesto.
It is a return to process — an invitation to participate.

In the context of the International Earth Day, we do not celebrate nature as a monolith.
Rather, we restore its variability.

GREEN GOLEM has been assembled from layers, from remnants, from what circulates between small moments of wonder and brief reflections.
It carries its fractures and its porosity.
It exists as both form and decay, presence and erosion.

As part of GREEN GOLEM, participants will experience a live performance by GGR — a sonic flow at the intersection of rock, jazz, and electronic music.
This will be accompanied by visual art exhibitions (collage, photography, object-mask, installation), performative actions, a poetic act, and a film screening.

The project is part of the third edition of the Earth Festival, organized by Jaguar Negro Art Center in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
This year’s theme is: “Reforestation through Culture and Awareness.”

We join the festival by creating a green point — next to Klub Zaścianek.
Its lasting trace will be a tree, planted — as in other festival locations — in the grove behind the club.

…because in the beginning, there was soil.
 And in the end — only soil will remain.