“Before the cat that looks at me naked, would I be ashamed like a beast that no longer has the sense of its nudity? Or, on the contrary, like a man who retains the sense of his nudity? Who am I, therefore? Who is it that I am? Whom should this be asked of if not of the other? And perhaps of the cat herself?”—Jacques Derrida, The Animal That Therefore I Am

Polish artist Kasia Oleśkiewicz received a CAF grant for “Animal Gaze,” an exhibition that recently wrapped up in Bern, Switzerland. Painstakingly sewing fabrics into recognizable beings, she showcases at once our constructed selves, and how vulnerable yet resilient are the sinews that hold us together and bind us to one another. For more pictures, visit here. To read the booklet for the exhibition, click here.