In the day-to-day continuity, the world suddenly stops. With the pandemic, a new normality arises, and the body begins to adapt. In a moment of calm and slow motion, one breathes. Within the stillness of the room — in bones, muscles, and cells — the body is no longer the same.

Amid the weight of life, the body finds a brief serenity; it begins to fade and merge, becoming one with the space it inhabits. It becomes one with the room. Changes manifest, movements shift. The work reflects a continuous exploration of the body itself — beginning with stretching as a physical exercise — yet as the body hardens, one wonders: can it still extend, can it still unfold?

From the collective exhibition Art During the Pandemic: Based on a True Story, curated by Gazmend Ejupi, National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosova, 2021