Parallel Universe
(commissioned work by Saint Laurent)
Spring in 2020 was surreal but real. The whole world stopped. No one could easily describe the feeling in words. Ironically, Nature revived and came back to us when we were stopped being indoors. It gave us back all the forgotten senses. The sky was so blue more than ever, Birds were singing so loudly out of my apartment window and the leaves of the trees in the street were greener than ever. It was such a surreal experience. Since then, I no longer see the world in the same way. In the meantime, I often had to escape to an imaginary nature in my mind in order to stand the uncertain future. It was a strange spring. I attempted to visualize that strange experience during Covid-Lockdown. An Imaginary nature, that you can only see in your inner self, that you can feel only in your own senses. We all lived in our own universe during that time. The SELF 07 PROJECT was unique, exciting and challenging opportunity to explore and express my inner self in visuality. I hope you can also find yourself in these images. I especially thank Saint Laurent and Anthony Vaccarello, artistic director, and curator of the SELF 07 project for his constant support to artistic freedom of expression and creativity.
