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The Specificity of Post-memory Work in Witold Zaręba’s Graphic Composition Non omnis moriar

Summary/Abstract: The text provides an analysis of Witold Zaręba’s graphic composition Non om-nis moriar. This artistic project draws upon photographs spanning the years 1860 to 1918, postcards used during wartime, or preserved fragments of Austro-Hungarian army uniforms. Through these elements, the artist weaves a visual narrative about the world extending between a soldier’s duty and the compas-sion exhibited by the nursing sisters attending to the wounded on the World War I fronts. The analysis of Zaręba’s project is approached from three perspec-tives: a particular interpretation of Marianne Hirsch’s concept of postmemory, the notion of “memory acts” as proposed by Constantine de Saint-Laurent, and the idea of counter-monument as expounded by James E. Young. The intend-ed outcome of this analysis is to address the question of how an artist assumes the role of an “heir” while simultaneously becoming a “worker of memory.” Furthermore, the study seeks to identify an alternative approach to commemo-ration that deviates from the prevalent forms of monumentalized remembrance observed within public space.

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