Cecilia Malik (b. 1975) & Maruna & Sisters of the Rivers, Fish hat for Sisters of the Rivers; 2020

Object - headdress; ; 37 x 80
Signed inside: CECYLIA MALIK & MARUNA/ GRAZYNA

Cecylia Malik (born 1975) painter, performer, lecturer, activist, filmmaker. Winner of the Katarzyna Kobro Award (2018). Creator of the art collectives "Modraszek kolektyw", "Polish Mothers on the logging" and the hydro-feminist collective "Sisters of the River".
Maruna upcycled - Gosia Grodzka has been creating the Maruna brand since 2008, designing accessories and clothes for Polish brands in the spirit of zero waste. She conducts workshops promoting upcycling as an effective form of fighting environmental destruction. She collaborates with many institutions and brands, including the Buy Responsibly Foundation and artist and activist Cecylia Malik. She lives and works in Krakow.

Along with blue placards with the names of rivers, fish-shaped hats have become a recognizable prop at Sisters of Rivers happenings. Cecylia Malik's idea was developed by the master of needlework and sewing Maruna, i.e. Gosia Grodzka, who has supported the Sisters of the Rivers many times with her workshop, redesigning swimsuits or magnificent flood skirts for the Oder River. The fish on the heads of the sisters first appeared at a protest against the construction of the Kąty-Myscowa reservoir on the Wisłoka River, in the Beskid Wyspowy. Carefully sewn, from shiny materials, the hats, which remind us of the treasure that is clean water and its ecosystem.
30 fish-hats were created - each one unique and unrepeatable. Sister River, who helped at the workshop, got one to take home, several pieces were kept by Cecilia Malik for happenings. They are not on sale, but for Odra the authors made an exception.