MARE

The sea, in its abyssal solitude, becomes a metaphor for the pain born of distance and isolation. It carries the quiet awareness that land exists somewhere—an imagined point of salvation, suspended beyond reach.

Adrift, the sea reveals its dual nature: magnificent and poetic, yet also a space of entrapment. It embodies both hope and anguish, reflecting the vastness that separates us from the destinations we long to reach.

The project traces a visual transition from the familiar to the abstract. It begins with clear, recognizable imagery—defined boundaries that evoke stability and comfort—before gradually dissolving into disorientation. As the journey unfolds, contours fade and certainty dissolves.

The sea transforms into fields of color, becoming a perceptual and emotional landscape through which the viewer is carried. While a destination may exist, the passage is shaped by unpredictability. At the mercy of external forces, one must confront instability and negotiate survival within it.

This body of work combines mixed media, Polaroid, and analog photography. The installation emphasizes varying image proportions and spatial relationships, creating an immersive experience that evokes the disorientation and sensory intensity of being at sea.