Evgenia Emets: October 2010

Without name

the landscape of my vector to you

my silence is the basic sound

for all sounds

to spring from mesmerised reality

of frozen world

sleeping wisdom odd beauty

wondrous existence

bliss stolen from gods

discovery of a line and its direction

is like discovery of breathing method

one’s axis

one’s spine

one’s arrow of hope

for eternal life

breath may hit the fruit

cracked, it leaks

white juice of life

drips in the centre

of the heart, wakening

one’s beauty

one’s eternity

one’s love

December 08

Europe

Europe. Series of 6 prints on wood. 200x200 cm. Edition of 3. 2005

Europe is a space full of mythic characters. It is a myth itself, with its diverse, interlaced history, with its culture rich in extraneous features. It has come through truly symbolic and inexplicable downfalls and has risen again from its own roots. Both innocent and crafty in its dark passion for conservatism and its sincere hostility for ignorance, it is fighting desperately against every attempt to be deprived of its crown.

Europe is constantly changing its masks, but it is still true to itself in its queer affection for combining the same ingredients in different ways and proportions. Ages ago it burned its witches, forgot about its barbarity and buried its heroes. Passing though the time trapped in its fairy tales and holding sway over it, it is still savage.

Each piece from “Europe” is a self-portrait, where lie hidden mythological characters of various cultures and regions of Europe. The authors view on the European history is expressed in the self-identification with this mythological organism.

The project “Europe” is not a geographical atlas, but a map of dreams, uncovering itself before spectators. This is not a chronological chart of historical events, but several time dimensions, where a spectator can move unrestrictedly.

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Have a look at each work – it may be a part of Europe; each of them is the vision of a generation aesthetics. There are no direct indications or quotations; there are only some hints. There are no captions at the bottom of the photos in order not to limit a spectator in studying symbols and allusions on his own. One may see here a region, a country, a capital or a cultural layer.

ARCO, Madrid, Stella Art Foundation, 2005

Echo of Now

Echo of Now at Pingyao International Photography Festival 2010

A few photographs from 'The Echo of Now' have been exhibited at Pingyao International Photography Festival in 2010, the show was curated by Irina Tchmyreva.