Black Fountain - We Are the Weather
Photo: Marcel Rozhoň
Black Fountain is a reworked element of We Are the Weather, originally presented in 2025 in Brussels during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The initial white ceramic fountain addressed water as a shared and threatened resource, visualizing the scale of human consumption and interspecies dependency.
In 2026, the work was modified by covering its surface with black resin, obscuring the figurative details. While the fountain continues to function, the intervention shifts its meaning—from a call for solidarity toward showing that such actions remain insufficient in the face of dominant political and economic interests blocking real change.
By reworking her own piece, the artist introduces a self-reflexive gesture: the transformation becomes both a continuation and a negation of the original proposition. The black coating seals the object and suspends the idea of flow as a metaphor for circulation and shared responsibility. It becomes a visual equivalent of a “business as usual” condition, shaped by systemic forces and the disproportionate impact of the wealthiest actors.
The transformation also carries a personal dimension. The black surface registers a growing sense of frustration and powerlessness in the face of global interests that effectively block meaningful change—an acknowledgment of the limits of individual agency within the scale of the climate crisis.
Title: Black Fountain – We Are the Weather
Year: 2025 / 2026
Material: glazed stoneware, resin
Technique: reworked, resin intervention (2026)
We Are the Weather was originally showcased as part of the International Cultural Programme of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2025, organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
The transformation into Black Fountain was co-funded by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, following an invitation by curator Joanna Glinkowska for the exhibition How to Talk to the Weather Demons at Pragovka Gallery, Prague.
Photo: Marcel Rozhoň
Photo: Marcel Rozhoň
