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In this series, the technique centers on the application of oil paint directly onto Polaroid photographs, creating a tactile and visual collision between two mediums. The painted gestures—often bold, expressive, and abstract—generate a continuous, fluid dialogue between object and landscape, blurring the lines that separate one from the other. Rather than treating these elements as distinct or opposing, the intervention merges them into a single, hybridized subject. Sometimes the paint overlays the photographic content; at other times, it interacts with what remains—a residue, a trace—creating a layered narrative that evolves from the tension between presence and absence.
What unfolds is less an attempt at illusion and more a playful confrontation with the very idea of authenticity. Like a mischievous act or a deliberate provocation, these painted forms enter the image space without trying to "belong" convincingly. They don’t pretend to blend in; instead, they burst forth—vivid, unapologetic, and full of motion. Their artificiality is not hidden but embraced, calling attention to the constructed nature of both memory and image.