2nd place
silver star award
Adam Żądło
poland
title
Deserted village
Stanislaw Lem’s „THE FUTUROLOGICAL CONGRESS”
1. Broken Bridge – Betty (03.2011-02.2017)
She was born in our stable. At first every attempt to get her out turned into a panicky kicking and a forced march. She was afraid of leaves, wind, birds. Her first delivery was very hard. The vet said that she would not be able to have more calves. This meant that Betty will have less and less milk. After 2 years she developed udder infection and completely lost milk. Betty was killed for meat. The grandparents decided that she was their last cow.
2. A Tree Falls the Way It Leans–Merry the goat (02.2008-11.2014)
Goats have a temper. Merry was a scamp. One tragic day she wrapped her chain around a tree and suffocated.
3. Stray Dog – Sonia (05.2014–)
She has been with us for 3 years. She followed our mom. Little and hungry, she wandered along the road near our farm. She spent her entire life in a human home until one day someone threw her out. Sonia never goes too far away from our farm.
4. Stairs - Queen (02.2013–11.2016) Fable (03.2017–estimated death: 10.2017) Blacky (02.2014–)
There is not many other animals as productive as sheep. They give us wool, milk, meat. Their memoirs are usually short. The pool of names is repeated every 2 years in our case. We already had 2 Queens, 3 Theos, 4 Fables...
5. 28 Horsepower – Russell (03.1988-04.2007)
Russel was replaced by Ursus – a tractor. Not only on our farm. So far I managed to find 4 draft horses in my entire village (5 000 population).
Education:
2012-2017 Master’s Degree at the Graphics Department at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland
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entry description
„And yet this lack of cows, however rational it may be, gives one the feeling that the fields and meadows, deprived of their phlegmatic, bemusedly ruminating presence, are pitifully empty”.Stanislaw Lem’s „THE FUTUROLOGICAL CONGRESS”
1. Broken Bridge – Betty (03.2011-02.2017)
She was born in our stable. At first every attempt to get her out turned into a panicky kicking and a forced march. She was afraid of leaves, wind, birds. Her first delivery was very hard. The vet said that she would not be able to have more calves. This meant that Betty will have less and less milk. After 2 years she developed udder infection and completely lost milk. Betty was killed for meat. The grandparents decided that she was their last cow.
2. A Tree Falls the Way It Leans–Merry the goat (02.2008-11.2014)
Goats have a temper. Merry was a scamp. One tragic day she wrapped her chain around a tree and suffocated.
3. Stray Dog – Sonia (05.2014–)
She has been with us for 3 years. She followed our mom. Little and hungry, she wandered along the road near our farm. She spent her entire life in a human home until one day someone threw her out. Sonia never goes too far away from our farm.
4. Stairs - Queen (02.2013–11.2016) Fable (03.2017–estimated death: 10.2017) Blacky (02.2014–)
There is not many other animals as productive as sheep. They give us wool, milk, meat. Their memoirs are usually short. The pool of names is repeated every 2 years in our case. We already had 2 Queens, 3 Theos, 4 Fables...
5. 28 Horsepower – Russell (03.1988-04.2007)
Russel was replaced by Ursus – a tractor. Not only on our farm. So far I managed to find 4 draft horses in my entire village (5 000 population).
about the photographer
Adam Żądło - born 6th July 1993 in Myślenice; study at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, specializes in animation and photography. Rised in Pcim (mountain village), he mixes experience from the rural work with science and new technologies. He actively supports scientific student groups concerned with building cyborg and space exploration. His artworks were presented on exhibitions and festivals across the world.Education:
2012-2017 Master’s Degree at the Graphics Department at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland
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