Ethereal encounters: Portraits of Ronnie – my late best friend

The works are stories about Ronnie – my unforgettable late friend. Each work is an attempt to convey a portrait of him, leaving space for the viewer. Thru Ronnie's world, I wanted to touch the human condition – our place in society and how we are contained. The project is entirely based on my own photographs. (e.g.: portraits or close ups of colored tape). The houses in my series stand for identities: I created imaginary different houses in imaginary different places, as if one has problems in one place, he can escape to another house in a better place. Identity problems were shared by Ronnie and me. I always interested in identity questions and the borders between me abd others. My 2020 collages is attempt to encounter dream-like worlds, influenced by different visual media and genres. By creating conflict between harmonic form and eclectic content, I tried to express unrest, discomfort and continuous search for identity. Ronnie made suicide at 2016. I took photos at his apartment one week after he died. Now on the left of each collage of the project.