Golden Grape in Zielona Góra, was a ground-breaking event that brought together a group of artists deeply engaged in experimental forms of spatial expression.
The artists involved in the event were invited by curators and organisers – individuals engaged in artistic criticism and theoretical reflection on contemporary art. The selection of participants aimed to choose creators who take formal risks, experiment with the boundaries of traditional media, and respond to civilizational changes such as urbanization, technological development, and social tensions. This choice was, therefore, a conscious environmental decision, intended to create a space for the exchange of ideas between artists, theorists, and audiences. The invited artists represented different approaches to space, but what united them was the desire to treat the exhibition as a spatio-temporal experience, in which the viewer becomes a part of and participant in the artwork.
As part of the symposium, works with an environmental and total installation character were created, redefining the relationship between the viewer, the object, and the surroundings. A common denominator was the reflection on time, light, movement, and sensory perception, as well as the conscious introduction of sound elements, light effects, and organic materials.
Space and Expression thus became a laboratory of new art – a collective experiment of artistic, curatorial, and critical communities in the second half of the 1960s.