Karol Kochanowski
LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW and the imagined playing out within your works?
My childhood fascinations to fantasy literature, sci-fi movies have never disappeared; all of that surrounded with my surreal, dark sense of humor had a strong influence on my creativity. There is always this nostalgic need of stepping off a boring, every day reality.
Paradoxically, while working on a new piece, I don’ t want to run away too far from the world I live in and end up with fantastic visions full of wizards and unicorns. Just like in David Lynch movies or stories written by Haruki Murakami, I aim to stand as close as possible to the edge of our reality, keeping my dreamlike fantasy authentic and familiar