_project: black swan

(2024 - ongoing)

‘Black Swan’ serves as an entry point for exploring the interplay between representation and abstraction, presence and absence. By using the naturally elegant forms of swans as raw material, familiar forms become reinterpreted. The images challenge the viewer’s sense of recognition, reflecting the instability of perception and raising questions about what we see versus what we interpret. 

The title winks at Malevich’s ‘Black Square’, a landmark in abstraction. However, ‘Black Swan’ seeks abstraction through the fluidity of natural forms rather than the strict geometry of abstract and suprematist art. The series explores the boundaries between photography as documentation and as a tool for creation. Here, the swan is less about natural symbolism and more about evoking an alternate reality that probes the interplay between what’s real, what’s felt, and what’s imagined. 

This series engages viewers in reexamining their own perspectives, asking: does the image reflect reality, or does it create a new one?