Using gracefully allusive imagery, her themes
touch on female empowerment, the complexity
of joint isolation in romance, and landscapes
of transcendent calibre. In her series Oasis,
Zilberberg introspectively navigates the desert
of her past relationship with elegant visual
recollection.
“After a complicated breakup, I found
myself on a trip in the desert with a couple
that was newly in love,” Zilberberg recalls in a
written explanation on her website. Journeying
through the desolate plains – made pleasant and
hospitable by the lovers’ affection – Zilberberg
was inspired to capture the concepts that
became Oasis.
In the series, Zilberberg uses the landscape to
symbolically display her withered relationship.
While exploring the barren landscape of
desiccated fidelity, she also marvels at the
coveted gems of rare oases – which reflect the
pockets of elated splendour that romance can
contribute to one’s life.
With a landscape both spatially wondrous
and diluted in complexion, Zilberberg reveals
how romance shapes our reaction to the world
around us. Two people in love can be an island
from the world, engrossed with infatuation
and blind acceptance of one another’s f laws;
likewise, a shift in dynamic can reveal the
parched earth which cracks the foundation of
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