SAFE SPACE

Welcome! Safe Space was a social practice artwork which ran from 3pm on Sunday, November 19th until 3pm Monday, November 20th and provided us with an opportunity to learn, grieve and heal together.

Participants were invited to carefully enter the sacred triangle, one at a time, to absorb or exchange revelations about God, death, grief, and rebirth with me, Barbara Syrenka and/or to contribute to the memorial dedicated in loving memory to my late husband, Dawid Fedorowicz, who lost his battle with opioid use disorder one year ago, and to all those who have died from opioid use disorder. Please feel free to contribute to the memorial by adding your own photos, mementos, cards, flowers, or whatever else you feel will appropriately honor your loved one(s).

This project would not be possible without the incredible assistance of my dear friends Jorge Merced Cruz, Angel Martinez and Konrad Radomski as well as my loving partner Bartosz Syrek, whose love continues to fill the massive hole Dawid’s death carved out in my heart.

Elements: public square, bodies, souls, three light stands, plastic flowers salvaged from cemetery dumpsters, salvaged fishing nets, zip ties, caution tape, magnets, solar-powered lights, QR codes, web pages, fishing pole, fish hook, stool, chair, stand, bowl, wedding dress, faux-fur shawl, angel wings, Ariel’s costume wig, stethoscope, prescription pad, first aid kit, cleaning gloves, construction helmets, safety vests, name tags, trash picker, garbage bag, cot, blankets, pillow, slack line, clip boards, chalk board, Please Help sign, photo of Dawid Fedorowicz and the Statue of Liberty in frames wrapped with plaster gauze, broken mirror fixed with plaster gauze, chunks of marine debris collected off local beaches, candles, fire, water, vases, tissue boxes covered in plaster gauze, sharpies, tissues, time, love

Photo of Dawid interacting with Symbiosis, an artwork by Kuflex on view at Hopscotch gallery in San Antonio, TX.

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