Alicija Patanowska – The Ripple Effect
Partner Programme
13 — 21 Sept 2025
Craft
13 Sept10:00—17:45
14 Sept10:00—17:45
15 Sept10:00—17:45
16 Sept10:00—17:45
17 Sept10:00—17:45
18 Sept10:00—17:45
19 Sept10:00—17:45
20 Sept10:00—17:45
21 Sept10:00—17:45
In Person
Free, no ticket required
V&A South Kensington
Cromwell Rd
London
SW7 2RL
The Ripple Effect is a newly commissioned ceramic seating installation for the V&A’s garden and pond, by artist and designer Alicja Patanowska. It invites reflection on our contested relationship with natural resources, made with materials sourced from one of the largest mining waste deposits in Europe.
The Ripple Effect is a newly commissioned ceramic installation by artist and designer Alicja Patanowska. The seating installation, embedded with a fountain, addresses the circulation of water and matter. Partly made from mining waste from Poland, it invites reflection on our contested relationship with natural resources. The mining waste was sourced from Żelazny Most in southwest Poland – one of the largest depositories for mining waste in Europe. The Ripple Effect refers to the knock-on impact of our daily consumption, raising questions over its long-term effect of natural resource extraction on our ecology as well as social relations. The installation is covered with 2,000 hand-made ceramic tiles, eight of which are coated with copper. This ratio poetically visualizes the complex relationship between extracted waste and the material yield in mining. The installation is part of the UK/Poland Season 2025 co-organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, British Council and Polish Cultural Institute in London. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Poland.
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