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“When the circumstances of the present become increasingly pressing, when the distance between what is and what could be is ever more emphasized, imaginary projections arise – either as daydreams or as dystopian scenarios. The common ground of these two types of narratives, which distance themselves from a “here” and a “now”, is the discomfort induced by what is and the fear of what might be. Changes to our place in the world or metamorphoses of the current conditions take on ideal or dystopian nuances. At their core, however, lies an impulse for reaching a better world, one that opens a gap within the present towards multiple possible futures governed by different principles.
Ovidiu Toader conceives a new, cold world. The eerie plants take possession of the space, reconfiguring the atmosphere with their own energy and rhythm. The human individual is absent from this world. His presence, ambiguous and unstable, is constructed through the blurry reflections on the plants’ surface and through the subtle references to human body parts. The movement of the plants maps out a route towards the life-flower, in order to contribute, through their own energy, to the melting of the ice, thus bringing the flower back to life. In the absence of humans, the new world weaves itself new strategies of survival and continuity. Thus, the shivers of a new and cold world, which can last or melt, turn into afterimages of hope.”