tajina, noun
1. a landscape containing an attribute
[in Czech, the word tajina rhymes with the word krajina
which translates to landscape; the word base taj means a mystery]
2. sacrament; a ceremony that conveys an invisible grace 
through a visible symbol [Orthodox Church]

“In 1921, a woman from South Bohemia started a diary about motherhood, and in 2021 I am continuing this diary. I think about the fact that my father’s grandmother also came from South Bohemia. I know her only from photographs and stories, yet I feel affection for her.” 

The Tajina series invites us to discover the essence of the mystery, and to experience it in everyday life. It draws connections between the lives of our ancestors, their imprints in our present and their role in shaping our future. The depicted scenes are intimately connected to memory and the constant passage of time – human time appears to be rushed compared to the time of the landscape. Although rocks and stones may appear solid 
and unchanging to us, they are persistently sculpted by wind, water or ice. 

“Things around us change their forms, time overlaps. We are constantly standing on the borderline, and this is the moment when something opens up before us: the invisible becomes visible and disappears again.”

Text edited by Dáša Husárová.

Thanks to the Ceski Centar Beograd for their support with the exhibition and for making it possible for her to be here. We would also like to mention that this exhibition was part of our festival’s friends: Off Bratislava and Grenze Arsenali Fotografici.

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