“Magritte in space”

digital collage

2025-…

The project is a series of surreal digital collages where disparate realities and time layers collide. These visual paradoxes, referring to the mysterious poetics of Rene Magritte (where, for example, an apple could become a planet), create a world of cosmic folklore or archeology of the future. I’m exploring the topic of absurd progress.: how the old (traditions, way of life) can exist in a radically new (neural networks, conversations about flights to Mars). I wonder if humanity, which dreamed of conquering space, will have a longing for earthly things on other planets. Does the new reality change the old habits of humanity? These are my philosophical arguments about the place of man in the universe. About the universe, about the continuous conflict between its history and its aspirations.I use collage to combine incompatible elements from different sources, on the one hand creating the very absurdity that is the essence of my idea. This is the literal embodiment of the paradox. On the other hand, working with authentic visual documents from different eras (old prints, photographs, magazines, scientific images of NASA space) using digital tools is a real clash of different time layers, giving the work a documentary quality.References to the surrealistic techniques of Rene Magritte (the mystery of the mundane, playing with context) help to move into a new, cosmic era.The project is still ongoing. As new space news and scientific data become available, I am adding new works to the series.