In dreams, our fears often emerge exaggerated, condensed, pushed to a state in which emotion becomes space. There, what frightens us in reality takes on a hyperbolic form and turns into a place where you come face to face with yourself.
The sculpture explores this state: the moment when space begins to narrow, the path forward seems impossible, and return is already out of the question. It is the point where time disappears, and movement becomes an attempt to pass through one’s own boundaries.
The work resembles a dream in which you are trapped between states — as if inside a tunnel, where a faint light flickers in the distance. The space breathes, and it seems that the tunnel is swallowing you like a gigantic living creature, not allowing you to get out. And only when, within the dream, comes the realization that what is happening is merely a dream, somewhere in the depths an exit begins to appear, a narrow opening between worlds. But reaching it is not easy: the body sleeps, the mind struggles to awaken, and a state arises from which it is hard to escape. It frightens, paralyzes, forces doubt — are you still asleep, or have you already woken up?
Porta is a door that does not open from the outside. It is a space of inner transition, familiar to anyone who has lost a sense of the scale of their own desires and possibilities, who has doubted whether they are capable of taking a step. Like Alice, finding herself in a world of shifting proportions and logic. The fear of being trapped turns into a moment of choice — you stand before the gate, afraid to step forward and at the same time afraid to remain inside this space.

Black stoneware | 23×27×19 cm | 2025