Justyna Wijowska

"On 27.02.2018 at 21:38 my beloved Grandmother passed away... my best friend, my muse. She was the most magical person in my life. I owe her so very much. She gave me the most beautiful childhood, better than I could have ever imagined. She taught me to love—so unconditionally... She showed me the world in its most beautiful colors. She was warmth and a gentle touch. I would drown in her eyes—the same ones as mine. I believe that someone we loved very much is with us as long as we remember them, as long as we have them in our hearts. With the photographic series 21:38, I wanted to commemorate a person dear to me, to show that the memory of her will not perish. I treated the creative process as a form of therapy for myself and for my loved ones. I also thought about people I don't know, because every one of us has experienced such a loss at some point. I see the exhibition opening as a kind of farewell. I wanted to show that one should not bottle up emotions; you have to let them flow out. The photos included in the series are very symbolic; they show places connected with my Grandmother—her apartment, her room, the hospital where she spent the last moments of her life. The form of the photos itself is also a kind of symbol; it is meant to suggest that what we are looking at is not real. The blurs show my glassy gaze through eyelashes and tears, looking at the emptiness she left behind..." - the author writes about the exhibition.