Impersonal self-portrait. The daily choice to be seen or to hide, 2025
Pinhole photographs on expired silver gelatin paper, pinhole on glass negative, glazed black clay, cardboard, three door peepholes, LED lights, mock-up table, wooden jewelry box (pinhole camera), tripod, hourglass, wooden slat, sheet glass. Photo series 30 x 40 cm, glass negative 18 x 24 cm, other: variable dimensions
In my artworks and implementations, I strive to leave space — to be delicate. To listen and understand, rather than to change or correct. I often turn to existing, old, expired materials — things that have already been used or that someone else has discarded. I have been reflecting on the idea that new photographic paper can feel too direct, too raw, too high in contrast. Perhaps it depicts life too much in black-and-white? Expired paper, on the other hand, seems to have been retired. Its mandatory working hours are over. It no longer has to perform the function for which it was made. It carries no responsibility, offers no guarantees. It is no longer obliged to be polite or remain within the bounds of what is considered normative.
My goal is to explore ways for letting go of control, welcoming randomness, acknowledging my slowness, devising a pause that would not equal escape, and to amplify creativity’s connection to boundaries and play.
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