By using the simplest tools and materials – predominantly paper and cardboard – Michał Budny creates formally restrained models not only of objects, places, and situations, but also of phenomena which lack a fixed material form, such as voice, memory, rain, or a ray of sunlight. These meticulously constructed tiny objects and sculptures, as well as the monumental installation or site-specific works that Budny also creates, function both as an echo of reality and a subtle narrative about the transitory nature of life.

Budny’s memento mori speak of ephemerality through a gradual fading away of the contents on paper, as well as empty forms and shapes whose physicality is difficult to decipher due to the passing of time and their removal in space. Because of the modesty of his materials and the freehand nature of his constructions, these works seem to be especially intimate and homely. They give form and meaning to that which we would previously consider as empty space. In this sense, Budny's activities are a poetic interpretation of the architecture around us and the ways in which life fills it with meaning.

In 2006, Budny collaborated with painter Zbigniew Rogalski on Projection. Despite their inherent differences, what unites them is a love of surface, texture, spatial illusionism, and a penchant for blurring the lines between fact and fiction. For Projection, they constructed a representation of a video installation. Using cardboard, wood, paint, and some artificial lighting, Budny and Rogalski inverted the ephemerality and movement typically associated with video art into static, permanent objects.

- Lukasz Gorczyca and Michal Kaczynski