Lovable Forms        2018 - Ongoing 

In this very personal work I examine the remarkably complex mechanism of human memory through my memories of my grandparents and my childhood. I deliberately avoid grounding this very personal project in scientific and philosophical foundations; instead, I immerse myself in my subconscious, relying on my own feelings and instincts. The summers I spent with my grandparents in Várbalog (in the Little Plain) represented for me an infinite sense of safety and the freedom of a carefree childhood. The absence of this phase of my life as an adult and as a father continues to be present in my life and profoundly inspires me to recharge this void with the energies of photographic art and somehow dissolve the entrapment of our shared history in the past. In this intimate remembrance, the concepts of past, present, and future are increasingly losing their significance for me; rather, I perceive the merging of these timelines. After my grandparents' deaths, I began to construct their character through the objects and environments they left behind, both imagined and real, which my memory continues to overwrite again and again. From a creative standpoint, it has proven more interesting to unfold my grandparents' character through their personal belongings for the viewer, avoiding direct representation. Their objects are very important to me; I feel a strong attachment to them, with almost every one carrying a shared memory. It is astonishing to realize how the scent, texture, weight, and sound of these objects can perfectly evoke the memories stored in my consciousness, regardless of the passage of time. This perfection is one of the main driving forces behind my work, which truly fascinates me. In a fraction of a second, an inner time travel occurs that is both frightening and infinitely soothing.