Transitional States


  • Photographer
    Grzegorz Gajos
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    University of Opole
  • Date of Photograph
    2012
  • Technical Info
    photograph, digital print

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Graphic Arts in Wroclaw. In 1996 he obtained a degree in Workshop Graphics. DAAD scholarship 
in 1996–1997, studied Graphic Design at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig. In 2008 he defended his doctorate degree in Photography at the Academy of Fine Art, Faculty of Multimedia Communications in Poznan. His artistic pursuits include photography, graphic design, video. 
Since 1996, participated in over 90 exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Winner of many awards and distinctions. Currently working as a lecturer at the Art Institute of Opole University as a Visual Communication studio director.

Story

Japanese culture has a deeply rooted respect for privacy. Violating this sacred territory is regarded as an outrageous act, the righteous indignation demonstrated with restraint, so characteristic of the Far East, and usually limited to a cold look without any verbal reaction.
In a public place, such as the metro, suburban train, bus or a shop, no one will ever have a conversation over a mobile phone. Here, contacts over a distance, if any, are limited to texting.
Between the private and the public there is the accepted convention, or prevailing custom, which radically separates these two worlds. The transitional states are a buffer zone that effectively divides the space. Behind the curtain of the transitional states, life goes on, in which, theoretically, we could participate, but ultimately we do not. Thus, being part of the public space, we speculate about the intimate world that remains inaccessible for us.

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