Exhibition | “Woven Pixels” and retro games | Karolina Radulska and Atarynka.PL (POL)

We invite you to the exhibition “Woven Pixels” by Karolina Radulska, a folk artist from the Podlaskie region. The exhibition presents a series of six double-warp woven tapestries depicting visual interpretations of games such as Arkanoid, Tank, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros, Tetris, and Donkey Kong.

Karolina Radulska describes the exhibition:

The inspiration for creating this series was the growing phenomenon of so-called retrogaming – the return to games with simple, pixel-based graphics which, despite technological limitations, offered immense enjoyment and became permanently embedded in popular culture. As a weaver who has worked with double-warp weaving for many years, I treated these old games as a collection of contemporary aesthetic patterns, close to the geometric arrangements and rhythms characteristic of folk textiles.

As part of the project, I created a series of six double-warp woven tapestries depicting characters from classic games such as Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros in a completely new, reinterpreted form – creating a dialogue between an old tradition and the digital imagination of the present day.

“Woven Pixels” connects different eras and generations: those who remember double-warp textiles from their family homes in Podlasie, those for whom video games are a memory of youth, and all those who are only discovering both worlds and finding something meaningful in them.

The exhibition also shows that tradition can be approached in unconventional ways. Building on the great skill and knowledge of a technique inherited from previous generations, it is possible to search for new forms of expression and new ways of communicating elements of one’s identity.

The presentation of six works created by the artist will be complemented by gaming stations prepared by Atarynka.pl – the Lublin Group of Retro Games and Console Enthusiasts. Visitors will be able to try their hand at the games represented in the double-warp woven tapestries.

The textiles were created as part of a scholarship awarded by the Marshal of the Podlaskie Voivodeship in the field of artistic activity.

Details

When: August 21–23 (Friday–Sunday), 13:00-19:00
Where: Workshops of Culture, Grodzka 7, exhibition hall, 2nd floor
Admission free