With, 2014
With
The series concentrates on the relation between a man and an animal.
Animals, used to have an utilitarian function in culture and their pres
ence was to bring the man measurable benefits. They were of much help
in daily life and work, gave nourishment or were the nourishment them
selves. But the dependency diminished with people migration to the city.
The works show how much those forms of relationships between the
man and the surrounding natural environment have become outdated.
Very often an animal becomes the only link a person has with nature in
urban areas. Adapted but also adopted, not much of an animal but more
of a friend now, a companion, a child of a single parent. The relation
with the animal becomes a substitute for old forms of community, be
cause the anonymity and loneliness in the city are much more painful.
The photo series takes us to the intimate and personal interiors of a big
city; bedrooms, living rooms, basements, by the favourite tree in the
nearby park, in which there are the animals together with their owners.
The loneliness of the owners is further accentuated by the use of flash.
Stysiak looks at them from the observer’s point of view, who’s like a
peeping tom standing behind a glass wall,. The night becomes her ally
2014
15 pigment prints, (framed)
50 x 70 cm
