The exhibition featured a cycle of 14 paintings that intertwines the motifs of the Stations of the Cross with the “heroine’s journey.” Drawing on symbols from history, religion, and popular culture, the works question how dominant narratives shape social roles and our perception of self.

Inspired by the Anarchafeminism of Chiara Bottici, the exhibition incorporated fragments of her writings, encouraging reflection on strategies of resistance and a vision of community without hierarchy – grounded in cooperation and equality.*

A video presentation accompanied the exhibition – a conversation between Urszula Ulla Chowaniec, a cultural studies scholar and Associate Professor of Polish Literature at Lund University, and Małgorzata Drohomirecka. The interview offered deeper insight into the project while deconstructing themes of
power, statehood, the Church, patriarchy, and feminism.

The exhibition’s opening featured Liberation in Progress, a performance by visual artist Magdalena Kij, a member of Rogue Artists’ Studios and a current MA student in Socially Engaged Art Practice at the University of Salford.
Inspired by the Junctures series, Kij created a multimedia event combining movement, sound, light, projection, and costume – an emotionally charged narrative of oppression and transformation. Contributing to the performance were artists from the Manchester art community, including: Evita Ziemele, Megan Brierley, Karol Kochanowski, Krista Karpanuka, Polly Steiner, Jun Hon Lau, and Matylda Augustynek.

In a separate room adapted into a reading space, the artists made available books, albums, and source materials that had inspired their collaboration and the creation of this event.

* Al quotes are from Chiara Bottici, Anarchafeminism, London: Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing PIc, 2022;
repr. 2024.