OANA MARIA POP
UNREALITY
2020-2021
This series of photographs intertwines reality and imagination, reflecting the psychological impact of home isolation during the pandemic. Captured when external experiences were limited, the images explore how confinement led to vivid daydreams and imaginative projections about the outside world. By blending tangible scenes with surreal elements, the series illustrates how the mind plays and tricks itself in response to the constraints of isolation, offering a visual narrative of longing and creativity in a period of physical seclusion.

Unreality IV, 2020-2021
Mixed-media, acryic and silicone on FujiFijl Instax Wide film
16.8 x 10.6 cm

Unreality X, 2020
Mixed-media, acryic and silicone on Polaroid film
10.3 x 10.2 cm

Unreality IX, 2020
Mixed-media, acryic and silicone on Polaroid film
10.2 x 10.1 cm

Unreality XXVI, 2019-2020
Mixed-media, acryic and silicone on Polaroid film
16.8 x 10.6 cm

Unreality XII, 2020
Mixed-media, acryic and silicone on Polaroid film
16.8 x 10.6 cm