The Moldovan carpet motif has been a recurring point of departure in my work over the years. Its textile texture, visually resonant with the pixel aesthetic, interests me both for its formal qualities and for its personal resonance with my Moldovan past, where carpets literally served as backdrops for family gatherings and festive meals. Over time, this motif has evolved within my practice into an ambivalent symbol of community and tradition: it embodies care and belonging, yet also evokes the restrictions and expectations imposed by the collective. Seen from a certain emotional and temporal distance, this duality becomes all the more apparent.
In Comensais, which portrays a Sunday lunch scene, I sought to represent the pressures of group dynamics, particularly within family or intimate settings. In New Jungles, the figures appear physically together but emotionally isolated, immersed in a space where the Moldovan carpet survives only as a distant memory, dissolved into a visual universe closer to Minecraft. This interplay of images reflects the dissonance between a traditional communal past and a fragmented, displaced present.