A. Theatre of the Absurd

In this series, I explore the thin membrane between reality and dreams within the constraints of an industrial cityscape. Set against the backdrop of faded Eastern European urbanism, these photographs excavate the surreal moments that exist within ordinary life when we dare to look beyond the fog of the everyday.
The muted yellow-green palette serves as both atmosphere and metaphor—a visual manifestation of the collective memory of a bygone era where hope and oppression coexisted in uneasy tension. Through carefully staged tableaux, I investigate how the human spirit responds when placed within environments designed for conformity rather than creativity.
My figures stand in deliberate stillness, bearing witness to impossible moments: a biplane tethered like a child’s toy, a circus tent in an abandoned courtyard, a red balloon drifting toward freedom. These are not mere flights of fancy but visual representations of the inner rebellions we all harbor—those private surrealities we construct to navigate the mundane.
The recurring motifs of wires, connections, and tethers throughout the series speak to our complex relationship with systems of control. Yet even within these constraints, moments of transcendence emerge: a figure suspended in mid-air, a lonely sentinel standing watch, children moving with quiet determination through fog-shrouded streets.
This work asks viewers to question the boundary between memory and imagination, between historical document and constructed fiction. In these liminal spaces—these pauses between industrial breaths—we may find that reality itself is the most surreal concept of all, and that magic persists even in the most austere corners of our collective experience.