to and fro

‘To and Fro’ is an ongoing project that started in 2007, documenting the urge for escape, the unsuccessful attempts, and finally the compromise with life the way it’s supposed to happen. The series is deeply influenced by C. P. Cavafy’s poem ‘The Windows’ (1903).

In these darkened rooms, where I spend
oppresive days, I pace to and fro
to find the windows. -- When a window
opens, it will be a consolation. --
But the windows cannot be found, or I cannot
find them. And maybe it is best that I do not find them.
Maybe the light will be a new tyranny.
Who knows what new things it will reveal.