Odcisk szminki Ewy Partum. Od pocałunku do politycznej wielości

We usually associate memory with facts. A simple gesture of leaving a lipstick trace, a kiss, used for several decades by Ewa Partum, is a form of leaving your mark, as well as representing your emotional state. It has become the artist’s trademark. At first, it was her individual gesture, a kind of artistic signature. In 2006 Partum invited a group of South African immigrants to perform the signature with her. I’d like to find out what is actually included in this artistic act, how it surpasses the border between the private and the public and how it becomes a specific form of materialised universalism, the practice of a shared thing.