Dominik Adamec

Artistic statement

In his work, Adamec focuses on evolutionary philosophy, human interaction with nature and the concepts that define this relationship. The focus of his interest are taxonomies and their disruption by creating his own biological or urban hybrids, for which ambiguity is typical. For their genesis, he uses the author's method called chimeric, which he developed from Lynn Marguliova's endosymbiotic theory and their reminiscences in contemporary ecology and moral philosophy. In the end, he does not perceive hybrid forms or mutations pejoratively, but as an alternative starting point for ecological-urban thinking. 

The field of interests that is ultimately reflected in Dominik's work can be characterized by the term Sylva rerum, an old Polish term for a diary in which information about the harvest, the weather, unusual phenomena and political conflicts was entered. The complexity that these diaries speak of is the cornerstone of Adamc's work. The mentioned method consists in working with references that are not limited in terms of content, which Adamec then combines into a plastic (sculptural) whole. This results in the emergence of a meaning hybrid, the understanding of which requires other than categorical thinking. 

An important role in Adamc's work is also played by the ceramic material, which appears in his work in parallel with the development of the chimeric method and which enables him to completely homogenize references and therefore to find new levels of interpretation.