Saitip Majewska, BLOOM

We invite you to view the photo report from the opening, which took place on 14 November at the Academy of Art and Design Art Documentation Centre.

The exhibition presents a summary of the results of research within the framework of the doctoral thesis carried out at the Doctoral School of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. This exhibition explores how sensory touch and tactile interaction within artistic practice can support emotional healing, creative expression, and personal reconnection. While the research is not based in clinical art therapy, it is shaped by its philosophies and methodologies, using art therapy as a conceptual and practical tool to frame embodied creative experience.

The project is grounded in positive psychology and practice-led artistic research. It investigates how tactile engagement, especially through hand-to-skin gestures, textured materials, and physical interaction, can foster emotional resilience, self-awareness, and reflection. A series of participatory workshops invited participants to work with soft textiles, clay, yarn, paper, and glass, exploring personal expression through sensory interaction. These activities included tactile drawing, object tracing, collaborative gestures, and the use of haptic signals and EEG technology to deepen sensory awareness.By weaving together personal history, artistic exploration, and therapeutic insight, BLOOM offers a sensory language through which both artist and audience can explore themes of comfort, change, and resilience. This has been a journey of returning and remembering, shaped by care, slowness, and the gentle power of touch. Through open-ended, tactile creation, art becomes not merely a product but a process that honors the quiet intelligence of the body and the emotional truths it holds. It becomes a space for empathy, resilience, and shared humanity. In an increasingly fast-paced and fragmented world, this research highlights the vital importance of returning to the body, to materials, and to the rituals of making, not only as an artistic act but as a vital gesture of care. BLOOM reflects not only my own transformation but also the wider potential of sensory art to support healing, awareness, and meaningful human connection.

The final stage of the project culminated in BLOOM, an immersive and interactive exhibition that offered a sensory-rich space for reflection and connection. The installation, composed of hand-sewn textiles, sculptural forms, woodcut prints, and ceramic objects, invites visitors to engage through touch and bodily presence.

All works in this exhibition are designed to be explored by touch. Visitors are warmly invited to engage with every piece through touch.

Curator: Małgorzata Kaczmarska, Assoc. Prof., PhD in Fine Arts

Opening: 14 November 2025, 1:00 PM
Exhibition dates: 14–26 November 2025
Venue: Ośrodek Dokumentacji Sztuki | Art Documentation Center, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Arts and Design in Wrocław, ul. Traugutta 19/21, 50-416 Wrocław
Photos by: Małgorzata Kaczmarska, Michał Pietrzak, Saitip Majewska