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Developed during Adata Air artist residency. Organised by Plovdiv Foundation 2019 for the European Capital of Culture.
How do collective misconception and border narratives help to shape
the construction of cultural hegemonies? “The title will come later” explores this question through a personal visual research on Adata Island
that re-constructs the factual, rumored and experienced narratives that
are produced by and revolve around the social and physical landscape
of this border of the city.
Adata Island may fuel sentiments such as fear and terror, particularly in relation to how and who makes use of it, creating a narrative that reinforces the dominant cultural that represent ‘marginal’ as threatening, inferior, and separate. During my explorations I never encounter anyone, only saw human traces in the form of rubbish.
“The title will come later” intends to make human presence resonate in the contested landscape of Adata through a series of images where fabricated scenarios made out of discarded cardboard boxes painted in marble and collages use the residue and potential qualities of the place and materials, in an interplay that creates a particular state of ambiguity and familiarity _where is not very clear who is taking the picture, and what are doing the characters of the pictures_ to question the perception of the self and the other.
