About Pictures are like music to me, one has to feel and to storify them. They are my call for freedom. I’d always rather be, where I’m not [currently]. Restless. On the scout. I take pictures of my own longing for more. For remoteness. For whats not within reach. With the photographs I want to create something that stays. Something that survives. Something someone in 30 years will find on their attic. I’m not looking for an answer of questions I never asked- the indeterminate excites me too much. Imagine the ocean had been entirely explored, or the galaxies. That compares to an end. It means to stop dreaming. [And] when I take pictures [or] look at them, I’m exactly at that place, where the
Elicia Edijanto - Indonesia based artist. Currently lives in Jakarta, spending her time painting and working as a graphic designer. “There’s an innate relationship between children and the animal kingdom. Our children sing songs about animals, they have toy animals, they have books about animals and they dream about animals” says the artist. Elicia captures unique connection between animals and children using only black and white watercolours. Small, vulnerable children stand alongside creatures of the wild like elephants, wolves and bears with peace and confidence. Those dreamlike-scenes are both tranquil and contemplative. www.eliciaedijanto.com
