Blank Verse*
Greece
2024
Throughout our lives, accurately reading human nature can be challenging for several reasons, including our upbringing, individual character formation, mental and emotional states, while the “relational self theory”, originated in both philosophy and psychology, proposes that perceiving the world is an act of exchange. Our interactions with others are crucial in shaping our sense of self which justifies, to an extent, the importance of feedback from external factors.
Inspired by this premise, the symbolism and poetry of Maria Siorba’s images express the need to use additional perceptive mechanisms to help us acquire a kind of deep knowledge that could lead us to a balanced sense of self, perception of reality and inner peace.
The camera enables Maria Siorba to “experience and test reality”: it guides her in creative exploration, facilitating the construction of her unique theories aimed at delving into the realms of the individual and collective unconscious. Through visual expression, she seeks to propose a profound understanding of people and the world that transcends the limitations of verbal communication.
*A literary term for a type of poetry that has a regular rhythm but no rhyme.
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About the artist
Born in 1986, Maria Siorba is a visual artist based in Athens, Greece. She trained in communications, graphic design and fine arts. Intimately linked to her personal life and experiences, her photographic work focuses on human relationships, communication biases and the nature of trust. She explores these subjects from a psychological and existential perspective, using symbolism and poetic language.