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“Łódź immediately reminded me of East Berlin and I therefore imagined myself to be the angel who, unlike in the film, lives and follows the inhabitants on the other side of the city. Like those angels, during my short but intense trips to Łódź I recorded everything that struck me. Instead of taking notes in my diary, I took pictures. I wanted them to be like words – light, accessible, free and evocative – telling of my Polish present, but also the present – and in a way the past – of the place that made me feel like an angel. The place that made me feel at home, which I will not be able to fully describe or know, but which I just have to remember just like this, through a series of photographic words that intertwine and create a messy and exceptionally long Pindaric flight of beauty, history, truthfulness and deep feelings”.

“an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be. due to us humans. long live the misery. the terror. the corruption. the oppression. the poverty.

give it a cheer to society. and do not forget to clap your hands. and smile.

there’s no escape. and even if you hide – it doesn’t go away.”

“I try to stir consciences, generate anger and concern by showing in images the effect of receiving such comments that stem from hatred, rejection and even generate non-acceptance of our bodies, preventing our sexual freedom”.