"The role of art., says Wodiczko, is to "create a bridge between the alienated, silenced, invisible and those who do not like to hear what is hard," the problem is that listening to things that are hard - violence, belittlement, disgust - gives listeners a sense of moral comfort similar to that which one feels upon giving to a church. Does this make us morally similar to parasites, feeding off of human misery and human exhibitionism?" wonders Maria Poprzęcka, who considers Krzysztof Wodiczki's "Monumental Therapy."

On a November night, last year, a facade in the Zachęta district spoke. Krzysztof Wodiczko, one of the most well known and respected artists in Poland, presented his upcoming "Monumental Therapy" in a video presentation on one of the walls of a building. Why do I mention it now? Because the presentation, like the exhibition, are unforgetable. Wodiczko's work is both suggestive, diverse in meaning and, above all, troubling. Let's say it out right - the presentation was extremely moving.Women - common, young and old- talked about the numerous anguishes they've suffered. Nothing new here: a sadistic father, a drunken husband, a harrassing boss, their own escape into alcoholism. The women spoke. Sometimes they spoke in monologues, sometimes soliloquies, sometimes dialogues. Sometimes they spoke straight to the viewing public. Some of them spoke in dry, distant tones, others were very emotional. "Mr. President, what would you do if your daughter..." They were - literally - large and the