Landscapes of Silence
The work “Landscapes of Silence” is a series of photographs taken in 2020 within the course “Digital Graphics” during my master’s studies. Like dialogue, the photographs correspond to haiku poetry, authors from different places, as well as different epochs. Recorded impressions previously inspired by the word and the wholeness of a haiku poem, the photographs have the same goal as the attached poetry: to guide and remind of the beauty of everyday life and moments of presence. Contrary to the noise, the visual recordings tend to revive at least to some extent the serenity of “frozen” events. In other words, they call for consideration, in a laconic way, just as haiku removes ambiguity and leaves a clear picture and time, the core of what it refers to. Regardless of the actuality, they suggest everything outside the Self, but still, about the subject. As Basho, a representative of this Japanese genre, says, referring to universals: “Learn from pine to pine and from bamboo to bamboo, leaving behind your subjective being. Otherwise, you will impose your presence on the subject and you will not learn anything“.
April 21, 2025