“Sunspot” is a record of a trek through an unfamiliar landscape. The route was determined intuitively by marking a map with solar spots—luminous afterimages that appeared on the artist’s retina after looking into the sun. This gesture became the impulse for further exploration and an attempt to subject the landscape to geometric imagination. Throughout her journey, the photographer searched for meaning in randomly encountered symbols, arranging them into temporary narratives that kept unravelling. Repetitions, shifts, and ambiguities formed the structure of a moving labyrinth, through which images and texts guide the viewer. The project speaks to the tension between the desire to understand space and its elusiveness.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Joanna Tochman (b. 1992, Kraków) is a visual artist working with painting, photography and objects. She explores space, landscape and perception between reality and imagination. PhD candidate in Gdańsk.
