[…] to dialecticize the visible. That is, to make other images, other montages; to look at them differently; to introduce into them division and movement combined, emotion and thought combined. In short, to rub one’s eyes, to rub the representation with the affect, the ideal with the repressed, the sublimated with the symptomal. (1)
 

On a Destiny, Undefined is an examination and reinterpretation of historical photos of the WWI and WWII periods. The photographs have been re-framed, cut and cropped, as to cancel out the original motivation of the photo. What remains are traces of human activity: a single hand in the corner, a fingerprint on the photograph, a shape that appears to form a lifeless body, or a human form with faded contours that alludes towards the surreal. 

By focusing on the impaired surroundings and thus the consequence of senseless destruction, the human as catalytic element shifts itself to occupy the background. History is no longer situated – what we are left with instead are glimpses into a rather recent, and possibly near future.

Exhibited as part of the exhibition "My Past is not a Myth" at Iusty Art Centre in Chisinau, Moldova, January 2024.
 

1. G. Didi-Huberman, “To Render Sensible”, What Is a People?, edition A. Allen, New York 2016, p. 70.