Human Data
This ongoing series documents unposed moments of human vulnerability in public and private spaces. Comprising hundreds of individual studies accumulated over years, the series functions as an empirical archive of the fleeting. Through the use of immediate media like ballpoint pen or charcoal, the works capture the transience of these encounters. through a deliberate use of negative space.
TRANSIT
(Public transport, fleeting encounters, sketches under time pressure)
In the transit zone, the human figure becomes a temporary coordinate. These sketches are created under severe time constraints, where the subject is in constant motion and the duration of observation is unpredictable. Each line is a spontaneous decision made in the tension between the necessity of meditation and the fleeting nature of the moment.
LEISURE & CONSUMPTION
(Cafés, restaurants, shopping – observing societal habits)
Cafés and shopping areas are the stage for modern societal habits. Here, individuals perform their roles in a landscape of consumption. Like in transit, time is limited, but the atmosphere is different: it is about the staging of one’s own presence. These sketches document how people navigate the intersection of public visibility and private comfort in commercial spaces.
INTIMATE EXCHANGES
(Personal portraits, shared spaces, and conscious interactions)
In these portraits, the observational distance decreases; the subjects are no longer anonymous actors in public space, but individuals in their raw, vulnerable state. Whether they are resting in private or fully aware of being portrayed, the dynamic shifts from passive observation to an active, shared experience. This category explores the tension between the subject’s self-awareness and my translation of their presence – a dialogue of physiognomy and intent, where the act of drawing becomes a performative space that allows for a temporary cessation of social performance.
