Jagoda Dobecka (b. 1991), Drink with a spear; 2021

Crayon, paper; 21 x 14 framed 34 x 26 cm
Signed on the back: Jagoda Dobecka Wroclaw 2021/ , "Drink with guts".

Jagoda Dobecka - born in 1991; lives and works in Wroclaw. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw at the Faculty of Painting and Sculpture. Currently she is a doctoral student at the Doctoral School of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Her works address themes centered around climate catastrophe, identity, expanding community and care.
She has participated in the Out of Sth Outdoor Art Biennial, the Orońsko Open Triennial, the Survival Contemporary Art Review, the Geppert Competition, the Matter of Art Biennial in Prague, among others. Resident of KAIR program in Kosice, MeetFactory in Prague and Goyki 3 in Sopot.

Worm - a relic: the alpine gurnard (Crenobia alpina) is a tiny (max. 18 mm), belonging to a primitive group of animals - flatworms - that requires crystal-clear, cool springs with almost constant temperature throughout the year. It occurred en masse in Europe during the Ice Ages. Nowadays it is found in cool springs and streams, which are already becoming scarce due to climate warming and droughts. In Poland it can still be found in the Carpathian Mountains, the Sudetes, the Pieniny Mountains and in the village of Sąspów, among others.
A drink of ice on crystal clear water is a luxury of the future.