The series of photographs entitled "A short story about... fear" deals with one of the strongest feelings in life for all of us, and that is fear. On one hand, fear drives us to survive, forcing us to go ahead and cross the barriers. On the other hand, fear paralyzes us. Due to the fear we remain locked, frozen in our lifetimes powerless to get rid of that thin, almost transparent membrane that envelops us and all of our actions. Unlike the fear that arises due to the imminent danger, the fear of our own life resides in a subconscious level, and becomes our silent companion, mostly during the whole life. Its destructive power is blurred in the illusion that we passionately cherish - the illusion of control over our lives, just as the photograph has the illusion of reality. However, some manage to solid, petrified form of fear transform into a fluid mass that flows like blood flow to our body and allows it to move freely, changing and evolving. Like the water in which we leave dangling, fear takes the form of what we give to him.
Narration has been constructed around mystical and, due to unsharpness and large grain, almost surreal, abstractly minimalistic scenes, characterised by pronounced visual qualities. This visual diary, this film story, however personal, triggers different readings, interpretations and experiences.
The incomprehensible world of love has only one constant - it changes its shape and form in the most unpredictable way. Its elusive appearance evade from our hands, sight and mind creating everlasting abstract form that we stick to so tightly. We are safe from harm thanks to thin membrane created by love ecstasy, but the shadow of mistrust easily breaks this membrane, once solid like spiders net. At last, only memory leaves its traces on the transparent veil of what was once love.
"The beauty comes from inside"
Projection of colour slides on the body. Colour negatives, Prague, 1998.
Black&white analog prints, 50x50 cm, Prague, 1998.