“In physics, a wave is a way for energy to exist. In art—it is a way to move the soul.”
Sound moves. It sets things in motion. It is the flow of energy. It is a wave. It carries meaning, interpretation—and interference.
Encountering the metal creations of Oskar Zięta at the Theatre Museum in Wrocław is a multi-dimensional experience. The central kinetic installation Interference leads visitors into parallel worlds—tangible and otherworldly. Into a realm of artistic deformation of metal—its plasticity and permanence. Into the world of sound—its character, its repetition, how it is felt and seen. And into the universe of unheard sound.
Encountering the metal creations of Oskar Zięta at the Theatre Museum in Wrocław is a multi-dimensional experience. The central kinetic installation Interference leads visitors into parallel worlds—tangible and otherworldly. Into a realm of artistic deformation of metal—its plasticity and permanence. Into the world of sound—its character, its repetition, how it is felt and seen. And into the universe of unheard sound.
Sound cannot exist without movement. It is nothing more than the vibration of particles—of air, water, metal, and body. When something moves in a specific way, it disturbs its medium, sending waves outward as acoustic energy. That’s why sound needs a medium. The Interference installation captures a fragment of this motion—its fluidity, its scale. It allows us to see sound.
Sound and motion are two languages of the same energy. We may hear them, we may see them—but we feel them both. In Zięta’s kinetic installation, movement is a signal of presence, as powerful as sound itself. Movement suggests: something is happening. Something is alive. Something wants to be noticed. The moving metal rings in Interference can provoke an inner resonance. The viewer, through their gaze, begins to "hear" them within—through tension, rhythm, tempo.
Every micro-movement can be the beginning of a symphony. A string’s tremble, a membrane’s vibration, the brush of a drop—everything that moves rhythmically or impulsively can become a source of sound. And the subtler the movement, the more complex and intriguing the sound becomes. In the curatorial concept of Interferences, Oskar Zięta invites visitors to experience FiDU objects in a new way. To interact with them as mirror-instruments of metal. To uncover yet another dimension of metal’s potential.
Zięta’s Interferences lead nowhere specific. They have no fixed endpoint. This is an exhibition about process—about the transformation of metal into sculpture, wave into form, sound into space, and deformation into shape.
The Interferences exhibition was created in collaboration with the City of Wrocław and the Wrocław City Museum as part of the celebration of 15 years of Oskar Zięta’s creative work and the studio he leads—Zieta Studio. As part of the anniversary, visitors are also invited to the Wrocław Town Hall, where the Zieta Illustrated exhibition is on view—presenting the results of the artist’s collaboration with Polish illustrators.
Photographs: Bartek Pawlik, Marta Więcek
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