EMBODIED
Embodied examines how identity is constructed through the silent accumulation of inherited beliefs, stereotypes, and cultural values passed down across generations. Through carefully composed still lifes, I photograph old domestic objects—some from my own family, others discovered in flea markets—that function as material witnesses to the ideologies embedded in everyday life. These objects are not merely memory of the past but active carriers of history. They embody the unspoken rules and expectations that governed the domestic sphere and, by extension, shaped social roles and identities.
I have expanded my practice to incorporate thread, textile, and embroidery hoops into the photographic surface itself, breaking the flatness of the paper and transforming two-dimensional images into hybrid objects, creating visual confusion between what is real and what is reproduced. This act of breaking the surface reflects the deeply embedded nature of intergenerational transmission—how cultural patterns are woven into the very fabric of our identities, often invisibly, unconsciously shaping who we are and the world we inhabit today.
Embodied investigates the ways we are shaped by histories we did not choose but nonetheless carry in our bodies, our homes, and our sense of self.
THE HOUR OF THE WOLF
Early in the morning and late in the afternoon when the sun is low, light penetrates my house and casting shadows. My photographs capture the blend of interior and exterior for brief revelatory moments. Windows become porous, words conjoin, and a tension between restrain and freedom is born.
In his essay the “Uncanny” (1919), Freud investigates the meaning of “heimich” (domestic,familiar) and “unheimlich”. He writes about how the unexpected can render the familiar unfamiliar. My photographs explore this ambiguity by interpreting the familiar spaces of my home in an unsettle manner. I look for the unexpected, staging some of the pictures to create cinematic tension, and leaving undefined what occurred before and may happen after.
This series is a meditation on uncertainty. I explore the beauty found in everyday experience but also anxieties provoked by the unknown, and the reassuring environment we would like to create and control but also the fragility of this ideal.