PRISHTINA (FADING FACES)
2010
series of 40 photographs laminated on aluminium, 37X25cm
2010
series of 40 photographs laminated on aluminium, 37X25cm
This series was made in Kosovo, where I photographed some plasticized copies of portraits that were hanging for years on the gates of the parliament in Prishtina.These portrayed people disappeared during the Kosovo War (1998-1999) and their bodies have yet to be found, presumably because they are in Serbian territory and therefore remain inaccessible to Kosovar authorities.
The images have been put on the gates as a protest against the government and to serve as a sort of memorial. Since then they withered over time.
What struck me was the metaphorical dimension conveyed by the ghostly aspect of these disappearing faces, the interlinkage between reality and its altered representation.
