Kintsugi

Dates

2021 - 2023

Author

Topics Awards, Contemporary Issues, Daily Life, Documentary, Fine Art, Landscape, Nature & Environment, Photobooks, Travel

Photobook: https://www.thelibraryproject.ie/products/kintsugi-martyna-benedyka

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage. After my recent surgeries, I thought of the concept of kintsugi as a perfect technique to mend my body and soul and overcome the feeling of loss. This work allowed me to accept my precious scars which I was left with and treat each of them as a unique break that soon would be filled.

The images correspond with each other in a similar way to our body and being. It is a never-ending conversation: light – dark, day – night, shapes, lines, textures and spots, deep breaths, in and out, like the curtain and the wind.

Revolving around the topic of human body and skin, Kintsugi is a black and white photography journey through the process of healing and searching of the essence of resilience.

Martyna Benedyka