WINNERS

Wunderkammer

  • Photographer
    Maria Sarafi, Switzerland
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

I started a game as a child, trying to block out my parents' voices. I would read a book and cover my ears or watch a film and increase the volume to dissociate from reality. Before long, this dissociative state would happen unconsciously. My parents would call, but I wouldn’t hear them anymore; I was in a universe of my own creation. I still have my hideaways where I can recreate my mythical universe, a world without humans. Navigating through space, I collect the remains of history, my interpretations of science, nature, the built environment, and my memories to preserve in my Wunderkammer.