Silence of the Wasteland

I am entering into a dialogue with space, exploring the fragile line between humanity and boundlessness, questioning the absoluteness of control. This is not a documentation of a landscape, but a visual philosophy that deconstructs the very concept of the boundary.

For me, the wasteland (or wilderness/void) is not a vacuum, but a primordial state, the original Chaos that precedes any division or naming. Boundless spaces, seemingly frozen in time, serve as a metaphor for this unity, drawing humans toward structuring, toward the attempt to delineate what is “theirs” upon the body of the infinite.

Fences, any man-made structures arising against this backdrop, symbolize the Boundary (the Border). This is an expression of the human desire for power, an attempt to order the unmanageable, to confine chaos within understandable and controllable frameworks. It is like a scar on the body of the wilderness, simultaneously dividing and connecting “inside” and “outside, ” “mine” and “theirs.”

I emphasize the fragility of this Boundary, its illusory nature, using various visual techniques. The “silence” of the wasteland is not the absence of sound, but a specific form of quietude—a dialectic of presence and absence. It is a harmony of muted tones, the breathing of the world, which is difficult to perceive amidst the hustle of everyday life.

Visual simplicity here is not emptiness, but an abundance of meanings lying beyond the verbal, referencing that which cannot be directly described.

My goal is not to confirm human defeat in the face of the elements, but rather a critique of the very idea of total control and властное присвоение (authoritative appropriation). I propose a rethinking of our relationship with space, a rejection of dualistic thinking, and a challenge to the necessity of the Boundary. The diversity of visual solutions is not just a collection of techniques, but a polyphony affirming a single idea: boundaries are conventional.

I strive to find a different, more organic understanding of the world, based not on division and opposition, but on deep interconnectedness and constant flux. I appeal to the inexpressible through the language of the visual—to that which is grasped through negation, through the absence of form, through a hint of its inadequacy, through a feeling of instability, permeability, and eternal transition.