ESSENTIA.TRANS LIMINE

In my project Essentia.Trans Limine I actualize the image of a female portrait as a form of beauty, as an absolute aesthetic ideal. Each work is not so much a critical discourse against standardization and consumer demand in the advertising industry as a clear and reasoned dialogue with a long story about rethinking true female beauty. There is a kind of unprotected connection between the viewer and the portrait. Closed eyes, graceful poses, contrapost, a feeling of sigh and airness, defenselessness, inviolability and vulnerability, which are the traditional qualities of the female principle, give a reference to the Western European cultural code associated with the biblical image of the Blessed Virgin, as in the image "Madonna." In my work, I ask questions about the essence of man (Essentia), about his ability to think, which is the main topic of my research. According to the French philosopher Blaise Pascal, the dignity of man in his ability to think. Only thought elevates us, not the space and time in which we are nothing. Trans Limine (lat.) - beyond the threshold. This is a state when a person immerses himself in thoughts, reads them and comprehends them. I am fascinated by the very thought and the sacrament of its creation, which arises in a state of complete detachment, calm and harmony. State "between." Between the past and the future, between before and after, between everything and nothing. For 20 years I have been working exclusively with analog film