"Arche-fakty" - an exhibition by Paulina Komorowska-Birger held at BWA Zielona Góra in December 2003 is a metaphorical attempt to define the space and boundaries of art, which, although expressed through an artifact, is primarily a process closely intertwined with the process of life. This is probably the first exhibition by Paulina Komorowska-Birger in which this theme becomes as clear as it is, however, it should be emphasized that it does not overshadow the specificity of the artist's art but expresses itself through her. (…) The isolated space, built with walls of boards, is entirely transferred to the gallery, on a one-to-one scale, the interior of a small dock where the artist arranged her workplace. Everything was found here: devices such as a shower and sink, or a stove to heat the room, marked windows with large colorful photos depicting the view stretching behind them, all household appliances, furniture, workplace, work tools, personal items, books, personal mementos, works by other artists permanently housed in her studio, photos. All these large and small things, objects, which, as in the situation presented in the work, define not only the private sphere and professional life, not only indicate the moment of interweaving life with art, but also, through the atmosphere created by her, define the space that gives a sense of homeliness and security. (…) There are 365 glass cages. They are small, only a few centimeters, small and fragile, woven from thin transparent threads. There are exactly as many of them as there are days in a year: day by day, week by week, month by month. During the exhibition, every day, with the passing of time, a new tab appears. Hung on the walls, some horizontally in a row, others according to a shortened calendar record of the month, they create a kind of pictures on the wall. In each of them, a small object. A ribbon with a short description is attached to each, more reminiscent of a sentence written in a calendar, which, through a small observation or comment on a specific event or situation, sets the tone for the whole day. It's a kind of diary in which glass cages become a kind of calendar recording the memory of a given day. Each cage and each object symbolize one day, making it a special day, worth remembering and commemorating. With this work, Komorowska-Birger directs herself towards a special form of archiving - and - celebration at the same time - of everyday life. But at the same time, she highlights the aspect of transience, expressed in precisely countable and specified time.

Excerpts from the text: Beata Frydryczak, Archiwizacja życia codziennego, in the catalog Urzędniczka, Zielona Góra 2010 r.