Bart Urbanski

9. 2. 2026

Bart Urbanski, 31minutes-17seconds, Solar Recordings With Family, Friends and Scammers, 2020–2025
Bart Urbanski, 31minutes-17seconds, Solar Recordings With Family, Friends and Scammers, 2020–2025

The project documents the sun’s movement during phone calls using long-exposure photography. Each exposure’s length matches the call’s duration, imprinting the sun as a dark streak on solarised film. These “celestial traces” transform personal conversations into cosmic events, making time both medium and message. The images become tangible artifacts, revealing the intricacies of relationships and the ebb and flow of human connection. Rooted in the immigrant experience of maintaining fragile cross-border connections, the project also includes calls with scammers, adding an ironic layer reflecting digital intrusion. The monochromatic archive captures a vast emotional range, gesturing toward the fragility of time, persistence of memory, and hyperconnectivity amidst isolation.

All images | Bart Urbanski, Solar Recordings With Family, Friends and Scammers, 2020–2025

Bart Urbanski

Bart Urbanski is a Glasgow-based Polish artist whose work combines his immigrant perspective with postcolonial and phenomenological theories. He primarily uses medium format photography to explore themes of immigration and migrant experiences. Urbanski has exhibited internationally, including at LensCulture in NYC and the Royal Scottish Academy, with his work featured in numerous publications.