Kasia Sosnowski: good grief

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Kasia Sosnowski, "good grief," 2019

grief moves things that could clog or fester or stick it is heavy and cannot be easily dislodged it moves slowly grief is a wound – it can heal but the poison must be sucked clean if it’s ignored then it can rot – you can sit with it but not for too long you have to move with your grief – carry it like a bundle over your shoulder

shake it loose               

rattle it around                               

roll it over your tongue.

I’ve been grieving the woman that I thought I had abandoned – a loss of self. I had to cut away the parts that were tied to the shoulders of others – I was surviving only through echoed postures and inherited words. I was a pale imitation. grief is good when it is used to heal, to mourn, to travel through oneself, to grow. it recognizes loss or absence – it can be a celebration, an acknowledgement of something that’s gone.                                                                                                         

a recognition

Kasia Sosnowski’s practice focuses on bodily understanding as an alternative mode of comprehension. They are especially interested in phenomena that aren’t easily carried onto our lips or into the world–the things in-between language. good grief is a project focusing on growth that stems from grief especially as a catalyst for both positive and negative transformation. Sosnowski’s negotiation through grief, anxiety, and mental recovery are directly tied to their art practice as a means of articulating difficult or innate narratives.