A filmic glimpse into the making of the exhibition at Muzeum Susch
This teaser captures the quiet intensity of assembling an exhibition — a choreography of gestures, textures, and ideas coming into place. Filmed during the installation of Jadwiga Maziarska’s retrospective at Muzeum Susch, the video moves between detail and atmosphere: crates are opened, materials handled, works placed, walls painted. Each moment hints at the physical labour and curatorial sensitivity behind the show — but also at Maziarska’s own process of layering, composing, assembling.
Fragments of her biography and archive echo through the space: fabric, wire, thread, grain. The camera picks up gestures rather than explanations. The pacing is brisk but attentive, moving with the rhythm of a space becoming something else.
Not a summary, but an impression. Not a statement, but an invitation to enter.
Full Exhibition Documentation
This video offers a cinematic journey through Jadwiga Maziarska’s retrospective at Muzeum Susch — the first large-scale presentation of her work outside Poland. Shot on location in the museum's uniquely atmospheric spaces, the film traces the evolution of Maziarska’s artistic language across painting, collage, textile, and sculptural assemblage. Fragments of archival imagery, medical diagrams, thread, wax, and sand become part of a visual vocabulary that resists classification — and finds resonance in the quiet, tactile rhythm of the edit. Rather than following a strict chronology, the film weaves biography, historical context, and material detail into a layered narrative. Voice-over, written in close collaboration with the curatorial team, guides the viewer through key ideas and turning points in the artist’s life — from her studies in law and psychoanalysis to her post-war experiments with abstraction and material.
The camera moves slowly, often lingering. It does not explain the work — it listens to it. In doing so, the video reflects Maziarska’s own process: assembling, rearranging, and staying open to what images might become.
DoP: Matthias Kappeler
Edit: Thilo Gundelach
Assistant: Nilu Schaumburger
