A room made of inner worlds
Photographic Self-Portraits as Expressions of Emotion and Identity
Layered Shadows is my inner world, transformed into a walkable space. These self-portraits began as a form of survival – a way to hold myself, to process fracture, and to search for belonging between cultures, in times when I find myself caught between two very different realities. They carry traces of pain and loss, but also of resilience, tenderness, and strength. To walk through them is to walk through my path: from blur and rupture toward clarity and roots – yet the path remains open.
On the opening night, the exhibition moved beyond the still images. Together with three dancers from the Volkstheater Rostock: Ron Estrea Kaslasy, Corinne Källin and Flurin Stocker, the works were brought into a physical, moving dialogue.
Photography met movement and Bodies reacted to the images, to the space, and to each other. Touch, distance, and presence became part of the room.
The performance was not all choreographed. It developed in the moment, just like the self-portraits themselves: from emotion, from tension, from the search for clarity and softness.
For a short time, the exhibition turned into a living, breathing version of itself.
