CEZARY RUCKI

/ Hey, you good?

London, 2023

“I mean, it’s just hard. When you have to get up, put on your smile and go, and do, and pretend. Even just a walk. You just wish that you could just stop breathing. And then you have to go out, speak, talk, interact. It’s okay, those are the rules of living in society. You do it, you smile again and tell them that the weather is so nice and you have such a great day. But those few words cost you much more than they should. You are drained, a bit more every day. And then you just hope you won’t collapse”

"Hey, you good?" is commenting on living whilst experiencing a high-functioning depressive episode. The amount of energy that is spent to exist in "normal", inevitable social interactions, can potentially be mentally burdensome. We luck?? awareness of the person on the other side.

106x141cm resin print on paper, water, dirt.

Cezary Rucki

Warsaw/London