Aleksandra Jakubczak (PL): Herbarium

For centuries, plants have been preserved by pressing and drying. Creating a herbarium is an ancient tradition: plants as organisms from which we humans can learn. They enhance our perception, heal and nourish us, but they can also harm or poison us.

We may remember our ancient, spiritual relationship with plants, as the basis of our life on earth. With all our senses, we want to learn from them and be inspired to act.

Herbarium is a sensory experience. A performative space designed to explore the senses of smell, hearing and touch. It is a journey inward. It leads into the heart of an ancient forest where we perceive that we are not the center of everything. Along the way, we discover the elusive life of flora, its uncertainty, vulnerability and amazing ability to survive – and above all:, our own, individual, botanical pleasure.

Always follow your nose. Herbarium awaits you.

Credits
Concept and direction: Aleksandra Jakubczak
Text and dramaturgy: Zuzanna Bojda
Scents and space: Przemek Branas
Music: Bartosz Dziadosz (Pleq)
Lights: Wojciech Sobolewski
Producer: Hanna Behr