Eclipse is a project that emerged as a direct continuation of the work developed during a one-month art residency in Biesenthal. The intensity and immersive nature of that period became the starting point for a deeper investigation into the relationship between light, shadow and presence. By definition, an eclipse is the temporary obscuring of one celestial body by another. This metaphor became central to the visual and conceptual development of the series, functioning as a symbolic parallel for emotional dynamics, transitional states and moments of suspension.

The Culterim Residency Program, hosted in the former police school in Biesenthal, activated vacant spaces as temporary studios and living areas for five months. Artists were the first to revive spaces that had been empty for over 30 years, and this historical and spatial context deeply informed my work.

During the residency I worked on a site-specific project in collaboration with a performer artist. Alongside this collaborative process, I felt the need to develop a personal response that reflected the emotional impact of that month. Eclipse became my individual contribution to the final group exhibition organized by Culterim Gallery in Berlin, synthesizing the inner layers that surfaced through the rural isolation, the shared living environment and the confrontation with creative boundaries.

The project grows out of a sense of mystery that I recognize as present in everyone’s lives, a kind of liminal zone where what is not fully visible still demands to be processed. Working with light allowed me to transform this intuition into image. Absence, obstruction and revelation became structural elements, not only as physical phenomena but also as reflections of emotional states. I felt the need to move through these moments and understand them through artistic practice, using photography as a space for reflection, transformation and clarity.

Eclipse series
Chromogenic prints, 11.5 × 30.5 cm
Technique: Photogram / Luminogram