Born in 1987, Jan Sajdak graduated with honors in 2016 from Professor A.J. Pastwa's Atelier in the Sculpture Department of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. A fellow of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Capital of Warsaw in 2018, he has taken part in the Landart Festiwal in Stary Bubel and Zawoja on three occasions. His projects have been carried out in Poland, Brazil, Germany, Belgium, Armenia and Slovakia.
In his work, he tries out many artistic fields, with a predilection for landart and creations made from natural materials (often woven from wicker), outside, in harmony with the surrounding landscape. For years, he has been designing tree nests for people who dream of living in the trees.
Camels is a project featuring 3 woven wicker sculptures, a playful, symbolic and concise representation of camels. These powerful abstract shapes, mounted on slender legs, evoke the desert animals in a curved and poetic manner. Levitating above the undergrowth, these forms seek to highlight the magical charm that emanates from their surroundings. Somewhere between a camel, a dinosaur, a gourd and the spirit of the forest, each sculpture invites visitors to let their imagination wander as they recount the story of the place.
With climate change and the acceleration of animal extinctions, these camels, as incongruous tenants of the Nordic forest, also become an allegory of the future where the Normandy climate would suit them.
The sculptures are made of wicker, an organic and biodegradable material. They are supported by an internal skeleton from wires and steel construction profiles. The feet will be made of steel tubes and mounted in the earth on a stable steel frame located just below the ground.
The sculptures will be set back slightly from the path, offering a view of their surroundings and thus drawing visitors' attention to the beauty of the forest.