When we were young
120 x 100 cm
Acrylic, oil sticks, pencil, aerosol paint, newspapers on canvas

TThis work considers the psychic landscape of a generation shaped by the invisible pressures of contemporaneity. In contrast to historically legible forms of trauma, the conditions it addresses are diffuse embedded within systems of constant connectivity, acceleration, and affective overload.

What emerges is not spectacle, but a quieter intensity: anxiety as atmosphere rather than event. The work traces this shift, where instability is internalized and normalized, producing a state of ongoing tension that resists clear articulation.

Positioned within this context, the piece operates less as a statement than as a site of attention. It gestures toward the urgency of recalibrating modes of perception and communication suggesting that any form of response must begin with proximity, sensitivity, and an openness to unfamiliar emotional registers.