Kasia Fudakowski on Play, Rules, and the Ethics of Art

In an interview with Berlin Art Link, artist Kasia Fudakowski discusses her collaborative work 'Playing House' (2026) with chef Ayami Awazuhara, created for the 80th anniversary of Haus am Waldsee. The piece involved a wobbly steel-bar house structure from which food was served, creating playful social dynamics among visitors. Fudakowski contrasts 'play' with 'games,' emphasizing that play lacks winners and losers. She explores how her works, such as 'Paravent' and 'Die Brücke der Zwei Wege' (2025) in Eisenstadt, Austria, create liminal spaces that force decisions and reveal character. She also discusses her upcoming book 'Catalogue Raisonné' collecting her 'Decision Pieces,' and a board game satirizing the artist's career in Berlin, highlighting gender pay gaps and economic realities. Fudakowski avoids social media and critiques the gamification of society, noting that politicians like Trump follow an avant-garde playbook of rule-breaking.