Dalmonia Rognean
Vor einem großen Walde
In the fairy tale, the forest appears as detached from social and political structures, separating the tamed human settlement from the threatening unknown. Thus, it became a means of consolidating power and confirming the protective norms of the village. Fairy-tale heroes traverse a place of crisis where the previously known laws no longer apply. Their disorientation paradoxically leads them to new insights and identities. The hero is given a new understanding of his society and an examination of its values. Surrounded by the uncanny, man experiences his limits, but also his capacity for doubt and strength. I see the forest as one of the last refuges of the human imagination: a place yet to be.
Biography:
Dalmonia Rognean (*1993, Romania) currently lives in Vienna. With a background in theatre studies, she attended the Photography College at the Graphische and from October she will study Applied Photography at the University of Applied Arts.
Untitled [Series: Vor einem großen Walde], 2019, Brașov, Rumänien
Untitled [Series: Vor einem großen Walde], 2019, Brașov, Rumänien
Untitled [Series: Vor einem großen Walde], 2019, Brașov, Rumänien