Lucia Ganieva

DREAMING WALLS Dreaming is a state of release of reality, where there are no limitations and where nothing is impossible. Everyone of us has his own dreams, and we all try our best to make those dreams come through. Each one has his individual way to create a dreamworld. A special way to materialise dreams is encountered when I visited the Udmurtian region. The people there is very intensely connected to nature, in all aspects of their life their natural environment plays an important role. When they invited me in their homes, I was struck immediately by the photographic wallpapers, that were in practically every house, in their living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens. In decorating the walls of their homes with photographic wallpaper, they found a way to materialise their dreams of far away and exotic places, places they will never be able to visit but in their dreams. My images show these wall decorations, that have fully become part of the interiors, and, like the dreams of the inhabitants, have no clear boundaries.