Project story · Agnieszka Bekalarczyk
Art has become a tool that holds emotions for me. I transfer difficult experiences, pain and separation onto my digital “canvas” and let that energy transform in the process. That is how “Girls in Art” was born.
This short documentary is a testimony of women professionally connected with various art forms. Featuring Gdańsk composer and double bassist Maciej Sadowski and his music, we tell the story of turning difficult experiences and beliefs into the beauty of a work of art.
I met the heroines in their own worlds: with a violin, in a studio, dancing in the streets of Gdańsk, among vinyl records and behind a camera. We talked about hearing yourself through creativity, meeting your body and finding freedom. Sometimes the best script is the one that writes itself — because life leads us.
The film wasn't even finished when a premiere was proposed. Thanks to Aneta Pierzchała-Tolak, director of the Gdańsk branch of the Women's Rights Centre, the screening took place at the Institute of Urban Culture as part of the Centre's 25th anniversary.