NEXUS

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Is humanity autonomous or inextricably linked? In an age where the individual is central, we seem increasingly unwilling — or unable — to truly connect. We cherish our autonomy, yet simultaneously carry within us a deep longing for togetherness. It's an ambivalent relationship: attraction and aversion, yearning and resistance. We build walls to protect our own space, while longing for someone to transcend them.

 

This tension is constantly visible in the world around us. Technology and globalization bring us closer in distance, but not always in true proximity. We sit together in a café, but look at our screens. We travel to faraway places to find ourselves, engage in retreats, ceremonies, breathing sessions — all attempts to become "more ourselves." But perhaps that's precisely what hinders connection: the ego constantly demanding attention. We want the other, yet are preoccupied with ourselves. It's the paradox of our times: never before has the need for connection been so great, and yet true intimacy seems increasingly difficult to achieve.

 

There's something in the air in my photographs that defies explanation — a mystery that balances between proximity and distance. Sometimes an image feels like isolation, sometimes like an almost tangible attempt to get closer. The snail keeps recurring as a metaphor: slow, vulnerable, and with a trail reminiscent of the winding paths of people on earth. Trails that intersect, but rarely converge. In my work, I question what it means to move between autonomy and connection, and I leave room for the viewer to find their own place in that tension.