On Manifestation / 2025

Manifestation is not merely a process, but a structural principle through which the transition from the potential to the actual takes place. It touches upon the sphere of subjective experience, shaping the space in which we acquire visibility.

In photography, manifestation is not only a chemical-technical procedure but also a metaphor for the artistic gesture, where the hidden becomes visible. This process points to a fundamental feature of the image: its ability to fix the invisible, granting it the status of the real.

In psychology, manifestation is connected to the articulation of inner experience, its exposure within the social field — when a person’s inner, previously concealed emotions, feelings, or dispositions become visible to others.

A philosophical understanding of manifestation implies the passage of an idea into the material world — its ability to exert influence, to become an agent of cultural and political process.

Yet manifestation is most intriguing in its everyday dimension. It is not simply an act of self-expression, but often a painful process of breaking through the boundaries of one’s own muteness. Here, art emerges not so much as a medium but as a way of existence — a strategy for overcoming the trauma of invisibility, a form of institutionalizing the subjective. The creative act thus becomes a way of survival, when silence becomes unbearable.