Fragile, rhythmic, at times almost dance-like, they develop an aesthetic of their own – not through idealisation, but through close observation. What was created to be ugly and destructive is transformed into the flow of a poetic perception.
This flow, within which these images exist, is multi-layered. On the one hand, it is the visible flow of the tarpaulins themselves: movements, overlaps, breaks. On the other hand, it is the inner flow of contemplation, which engages with something seemingly insignificant and recognises a new form within it. The series emerges from this tension between the ‘harmful beauty’ and the question of what we accept as aesthetic.
At times, the unfurled tarpaulins are reminiscent of bodies coming together in a silent choreography – an unconscious ballet of objects that oscillates between destruction and grace. Thus, the photographs become moments of a movement that is not directed but carried by chance and finds its precision precisely through this. The images are deliberately divided into three groups – like musical movements, inspired by Bohuslav Martinů’s Sixth Symphony, the Fantaisies symphoniques (Fantastic Freedom).
- The first movement (Allegro) showcases the explosive power of the opening: flags unfurling, lines breaking free, a rhythmic excess.
- The second part (Andante) slows the flow: the tarpaulins appear weightless, almost floating, as if space were expanding.
- The third part (Lento – Allegro) brings together contrasts: condensations and dissolutions, pauses and accelerations, until the movement finally slips into the open.
The result is a visual composition that remains a ‘work without form’ and yet is carried by a single line – just as Martinů himself described his symphony. This line holds the torn tarpaulins together and gives them an aesthetic form.
The series is not intended as an ecological lesson. Rather, it invites us to allow beauty to emerge where we least expect it. What has been discarded becomes form; what is harmful becomes grace – a brief, fragile moment of freedom.