The photographic series is based on specific banquet motifs as they are known from the history of art. Communal dining is understood here not merely as the act of sharing food, but as a complex situation carrying symbolic, social, and existential meanings. In a historical context, it appears as a space of encounter, power, spirituality, and transience, and these dimensions serve as the starting point for the author’s interpretation.
The series is realized through photograms using the cyanotype process, whose distinctive visual language enables the transformation of real objects into abstracted images. This process reduces their concreteness while emphasizing their silhouetted character, shifting the focus from description to symbolism. The resulting images therefore do not function as documentation of reality, but rather as its visual imprint and reinterpretation.
The individual scenes loosely reference selected motifs from paintings, which are stripped of their original narrative clarity and translated into a contemporary context and a different medium. In this way, the historical memory of the image intertwines with individual experience.
Within this series, the shared space is transformed into a space of tension between presence and absence. While it traditionally represents a moment of togetherness and abundance, here it is suggested primarily through its traces and fragments. This approach records a unique and ephemeral story that unfolded upon the canvas present in the role of a tablecloth.
The work thus creates a visual field in which historical reference meets personal gesture, and where an originally specific situation is transformed into a broader reflection on human experience.
