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Urban Clockwork

Olesja Brandt

Germany

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This self-portrait explores identity as a mutable state. Covered in clay, the body becomes a sculptural surface suspended between human presence and objecthood. Cracks and traces of touch reveal vulnerability, fragility, and inner silence.

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Nominees

Second Skin

A fragmented photo collage assembling a face from disparate parts. It conveys the multilayered nature of self-perception and shows how a perso-nality is formed from numerous emotions, memories, and states, coming together into a fragile yet expressive whole.

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Fragmented Identity

This portrait explores concealment and presence. The face is hidden beneath a grey veil, while the exposed hand remains a fragile sign of contact and individuality. Identity appears both protected and vulnerable, suspended between withdrawal and revelation.

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Concealed Identity

Through the aerial perspective, architecture resembles a vast clockwork me-chanism. Circular volumes and intersecting geometries suggest gears and mo-ving components, turning the urban landscape into a metaphor for systems of order, precision, and the passage of time.

Bronze

The series explores space as a constructed entity that shapes perception. Geometric elements function as markers of order, orientation, and the search for a connection between human presen-ce and the surrounding environment.