Tree Flower Microphone Courthouse Hall

Flat municipal daylight washes the stone corridor of a Chorzów courthouse, illuminating a polished wood table where a public hearing microphone stands alone. Behind this civic instrument, a single flower blooms into a towering tree, its trunk rising seamlessly from the tabletop to pierce the ceiling. The bark is rough and textured, against the smooth, gray stone walls and the wet, reflective floor scattered with droplets from the light drizzle. Metal signage hangs at eye level, sharp and legible against the institutional gray. The tree branches spread outward, their leaves catching the flat light, while the microphone sits small and still at the base of this impossible growth. A reflection of the towering leaves shimmers on the wet stone near the table leg.