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photographic print, metal, sand, scented soap | part of Skin Territories group exhibition (Atelierele Scรขnteia, 2025)

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ-๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป โ€” ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป.
A shape meant to contain that begins to imitate what it fears. Intimacy is lost โ€” in reality, intimacy is exacerbated โ€” in the work. โ€œ๐˜—๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ดโ€, they say โ€” aA as both abbreviation and power play.

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ-๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ. The much-debated โ€œnudeโ€ color, viewed through lens of territoriality.

๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ, ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€.
The scent is naturally occurring โ€” this time the focus is on the meaning of the smells, not on a custom-made perfume.

Photo: Cฤƒtฤƒlin Georgescu.