The project is a conceptual site-specific intervention that brings a fragment of the Bug River borderland into the interior of the Workshops of Culture in Lublin. It draws on the perebor – a unique weaving pattern from the Bug River region, which serves as a shared heritage of the Lublin and Podlasie regions, as well as Ukrainian and Belarusian traditions. This pattern becomes the primary artistic language used to explore identity, memory, and the complexity of the region’s borders.
The project’s structure is based on a dialogue between an installation composed of nearly one hundred linocut prints on handmade paper and a video recording of the Bug River from a bird’s-eye view. The graphic construction, evolving from a rigid rhythm to meandering lines, reflects the river’s dynamics and the multi-layered nature of the border—which is not merely an administrative line, but a weave of historical and symbolic threads.
The arrangement of the installation physically surrounds the viewer, creating a sense of slight entrapment. This is counterbalanced by the video footage showing the Bug River in its full openness and fluidity—a metaphor for the perebor as a pattern that unites cultures regardless of divisions. The fragility of the handmade paper and the visible traces of the linocut process symbolize the effort required to delicately weave together traditions and the care needed for the precious, shared heritage of the eastern borderlands.