2009 - now:

Dusty sockets supply no energy. There are no people or machines. A hollow sound from the wind blowing through a broken window is present.

Instruction manuals warn about non-existing danger. Will it come or is it only the past? Spaces are empty and still.

A bird is trying to escape blindly striking at some windows. Unsuccessfully despite many arrows pointing to nowhere.

The elevator looks as if has not been used for ages - it has stopped between the floors, jammed. It hangs in a white space as if there was no gravity.

It's hard to say which floor it is - they all look the same. There are no clocks - time is no longer important. The birds don't need it. Unexpectedly a small tree grows on the roof - hope is mixed with a feeling of despair.

1991 - Soviet Union falls.

Since then Gdansk's shipyard have fallen on hard times. Once a place of work for over 20,000 people is on the edge of bankruptcy today. Some of the workshops are closed and to be demolished soon. Many birds have chosen them to be their homes.

Ironically, the shipyard workers are those who suffered the most after political and economical transformation. Their future is unknown. The city of Gdańsk plans to build a new district named "Youth city" in place of former shipyard terrains.

Text and photos © Adam Dymowski