VALLIJA VINDBERGA
Movement captured between two hard covers, which is static. This work is a path or a line segment that has a beginning and leads to a conclusion. My passport photos chronologically extend into the present moment. They are translucent layers that overlap one another and show the future as if behind a veil. By revealing one fine layer after another, you can start to see the clear present becoming the past. The pages won’t turn; they want to merge and create a new image, deforming the visible, uncovering it differently every time. I met my grandmother, Vallija Vindberga (1929–2013), many times. Her beautiful perseverance, wisdom and confidence had a lot to do with shaping my childhood. We often looked at family archive photos together, which settled over my consciousness like sheer veils.
I always wanted to write a book. Here it is.
digital print on fabric, 45 x 54 cm
2025
