WANDERERS ABOVE THE SEA
worldwide
2018 - 2024
Wanderers Above the Sea is a project about wandering around, both in awe with life and through oceans of unease and uncertainty, looking outwardly for what’s inward. It’s a project which came out of my fascination with the way we perceive ourselves and how we show it to others - online in general, and on dating apps in particular. To me, this speaks a lot about our own inner world - humankind’s most inner needs and wishes.
This collection consists of hundreds of Tinder screenshots touching on our human condition. They show both our precious existence in this fascinating world - the preciousness of being alive,
and
the unbearable subtle unease that pervades us - the pain of being alive, when we’re constantly looking for something better and more pleasurable underneath all thoughts and words and actions, in all beings and doings...
worldwide
2018 - 2024
Wanderers Above the Sea is a project about wandering around, both in awe with life and through oceans of unease and uncertainty, looking outwardly for what’s inward. It’s a project which came out of my fascination with the way we perceive ourselves and how we show it to others - online in general, and on dating apps in particular. To me, this speaks a lot about our own inner world - humankind’s most inner needs and wishes.
This collection consists of hundreds of Tinder screenshots touching on our human condition. They show both our precious existence in this fascinating world - the preciousness of being alive,
and
the unbearable subtle unease that pervades us - the pain of being alive, when we’re constantly looking for something better and more pleasurable underneath all thoughts and words and actions, in all beings and doings...
Each of these images can take us straight inside our own nature, deep inside, to look at what’s in there, totally naked. It’s a journey of looking at our individual experiences and discovering that we are not alone in this world, but that everyone else is on the same journey as well. And when we understand that, we know that all of us is just one of us*, and this comes with a new kind of responsibility about our own lives, with an open heart and peace of mind.
*(one of us reference to Mahatma Gandhi explaining the meaning of “namaste”: "I honour the place in you where the entire universe resides. I honour the place in you of light, love, truth, peace and wisdom. I honour the place in you where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.")
*(one of us reference to Mahatma Gandhi explaining the meaning of “namaste”: "I honour the place in you where the entire universe resides. I honour the place in you of light, love, truth, peace and wisdom. I honour the place in you where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.")
PERFECTION IN HUMAN FORM
Berlin, Germany
2021 - 2024
Perfection In Human Form is a meditation on attachment, desire, and real love.
It follows the narrative of a love story
from the initial falling in love, like in a dream,
going through the hardships of dealing with projections, delusions, disappointments
and eventually falling out of the dreamy state and discovering what true love might look like,
by using the impermanence of body and the senses
and questioning asumptions and strong beliefs
as tools to remain anchored in reality
while honestly trying to open the heart.
Berlin, Germany
2021 - 2024
Perfection In Human Form is a meditation on attachment, desire, and real love.
It follows the narrative of a love story
from the initial falling in love, like in a dream,
going through the hardships of dealing with projections, delusions, disappointments
and eventually falling out of the dreamy state and discovering what true love might look like,
by using the impermanence of body and the senses
and questioning asumptions and strong beliefs
as tools to remain anchored in reality
while honestly trying to open the heart.
SUNFLOWER FIELD
Romania
2020 - now
Sunflower Field is a homage to the intertwining of life and death, to all my elders and ancestors. It is a meditative photographic essay in two parts: Life Implies Death, containing insights from my family history, and Death Implies Life, a personal reflection on impermanence, change, death, and afterlife.
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Romania
2020 - now
Sunflower Field is a homage to the intertwining of life and death, to all my elders and ancestors. It is a meditative photographic essay in two parts: Life Implies Death, containing insights from my family history, and Death Implies Life, a personal reflection on impermanence, change, death, and afterlife.
WAY OF SEAING
Berlin, Germany
2020 - 2022
︎︎︎ Way of Seaing: the book︎︎︎
︎︎︎ Part of Light clarity avocado salad in the morning︎︎︎
~ group exhibition curated by Horațiu Lipot
@ Jecza Gallery
Timisoara, Romania
2021
Berlin, Germany
2020 - 2022
︎︎︎ Way of Seaing: the book︎︎︎
︎︎︎ Part of Light clarity avocado salad in the morning︎︎︎
~ group exhibition curated by Horațiu Lipot
@ Jecza Gallery
Timisoara, Romania
2021
Photography is an extension of my perception of the world, and Way of Seaing is a project (and a book︎︎︎) that describe my practice completely. I photographed the sun reflecting in the water for the first time when I was nine years old, and since then my whole practice is dedicated to perception, to how things exist, to how they come into being, to light, to how they appear to my mind.
Way of Seaing is a body of work inspired by the human mind, Indra's net, or the interconnectedness between everything. It is about seeing, being seen, and the sea, and ultimately, a tribute to the mind.
The project consists of an on-going series of photographs of light glittering on the water, as metaphors for the mind, short texts, poems, and dreams, following a journey about understanding thoughts and feelings, and overcoming fears - by bringing light on them, in order to eventually go beyond them.
Seeing or looking at things is a very fascinating subject for me, as I work with photography and images in general - with both real, existing, obvious images, and more subtle images, that exist solely in my mind, that I create without even knowing. This project was born from my understanding of the Buddhist philosophy and psychology of the mind, and from empirical research into my own mind, paying attention to what I pay attention to. It is clear for me that my experience of life depends on the perceptions and conceptions that I have about myself and the world, as everything I experience is a reflection of my thoughts. Their quality affects every part of my life, therefore I find it crucial to know them, where they come from and what can I do with them. And if they are not helpful, to understand how can I morph them into something more beneficial and not harmful. So I try to notice my mind and question my assumptions, to see clearly the reality I live in. Way of Seaing explores this potential of the human mind to understand itself and the world around it, and perfecting it.
Way of Seaing is a body of work inspired by the human mind, Indra's net, or the interconnectedness between everything. It is about seeing, being seen, and the sea, and ultimately, a tribute to the mind.
The project consists of an on-going series of photographs of light glittering on the water, as metaphors for the mind, short texts, poems, and dreams, following a journey about understanding thoughts and feelings, and overcoming fears - by bringing light on them, in order to eventually go beyond them.
Seeing or looking at things is a very fascinating subject for me, as I work with photography and images in general - with both real, existing, obvious images, and more subtle images, that exist solely in my mind, that I create without even knowing. This project was born from my understanding of the Buddhist philosophy and psychology of the mind, and from empirical research into my own mind, paying attention to what I pay attention to. It is clear for me that my experience of life depends on the perceptions and conceptions that I have about myself and the world, as everything I experience is a reflection of my thoughts. Their quality affects every part of my life, therefore I find it crucial to know them, where they come from and what can I do with them. And if they are not helpful, to understand how can I morph them into something more beneficial and not harmful. So I try to notice my mind and question my assumptions, to see clearly the reality I live in. Way of Seaing explores this potential of the human mind to understand itself and the world around it, and perfecting it.
“The mind mirror illumines all ingenuously.
Its penetrating, limitless rays reach everywhere in the universe.
Without exception, everything is reflected in this mirror.
The whole universe is a gem of light beyond the terms of in and out.”
Yoka Daishi (7th cent. CE.)
The light and the water in my photographs are symbols of the mind. The light reveals everything. The water reflects everything. The same with the mind: it shows what is in front of it. The stable mind is similar to the calm water, the nature of the mind is deep as the ocean, its potential is so vast and luminous like the sun rays which shine over everything in front of them. Without light nothing is visible, there is no sight, no photosynthesis, no life; the same without water.
Its penetrating, limitless rays reach everywhere in the universe.
Without exception, everything is reflected in this mirror.
The whole universe is a gem of light beyond the terms of in and out.”
Yoka Daishi (7th cent. CE.)
The light and the water in my photographs are symbols of the mind. The light reveals everything. The water reflects everything. The same with the mind: it shows what is in front of it. The stable mind is similar to the calm water, the nature of the mind is deep as the ocean, its potential is so vast and luminous like the sun rays which shine over everything in front of them. Without light nothing is visible, there is no sight, no photosynthesis, no life; the same without water.
I
inside here
1993 - now
The I project explores the me, mine, and myself phenomena. It’s interesting that I constantly think that there is something that stays the same inside me, that I carry with me throughout my life, and establishes myself, this I. At the same time, I am aware that I am changing every moment, growing, and growing out of things. I wash my body, old cells go away, I cut my nails, they grow again and I cut them again. I learn new things and I unlearn others. I replace stuff. I forget things, I invent things. I leave things behind. On a gross level and intentionally I change the way I look. I do it with haircuts, earings, makeup, clothes, gestures, habits. Unintentionally, on a subtle level, I grow older every second, going towards decay. I move my body in so many places in this world, and each place puts a new layer of me on top of the old ones. I change. I changes. What is this I and how is it possible to think that it remains the same overtime? Who is actually in each picture that I or someone else took of myself? Who I thought I was back then and who do I think I am now?
Who am I? Who is I?
inside here
1993 - now
The I project explores the me, mine, and myself phenomena. It’s interesting that I constantly think that there is something that stays the same inside me, that I carry with me throughout my life, and establishes myself, this I. At the same time, I am aware that I am changing every moment, growing, and growing out of things. I wash my body, old cells go away, I cut my nails, they grow again and I cut them again. I learn new things and I unlearn others. I replace stuff. I forget things, I invent things. I leave things behind. On a gross level and intentionally I change the way I look. I do it with haircuts, earings, makeup, clothes, gestures, habits. Unintentionally, on a subtle level, I grow older every second, going towards decay. I move my body in so many places in this world, and each place puts a new layer of me on top of the old ones. I change. I changes. What is this I and how is it possible to think that it remains the same overtime? Who is actually in each picture that I or someone else took of myself? Who I thought I was back then and who do I think I am now?
Who am I? Who is I?
walking on a street, holding, wearing someone else’s thing
feeling that the style doesn’t really represent me
then a thought comes
what is there to be represented actually
what's this worry, this grasping to
what’s this me
why i am so stuck in this idea of me
i see i am inside something
like inside this me
and i know it’s still me who makes this idea
but this me is different that the other me
do you have this too
or it’s just
me
?
