Lia Maurer

   Light is not a single thing. It is a spectrum, and there are parts of it that we cannot see. This realization became central to my work developed during this Art Residency (K-Arts Creative Studio). I became interested in what exists beyond visibility, in what is physically present but usually ignored simply because it does not enter our field of vision.

   What started as curiosity gradually became something more personal. Throughout my life and artistic path, I have often followed questions rather than clear answers. I am interested in systems, experiments, and in understanding the world not as something fixed, but as something full of possibilities. Over time, I realized that this way of working also reflects who I am: someone who exists between disciplines, cultures, and ways of perceiving, constantly questioning what is taken for granted.

   The artwork "Why Did We Stop Asking?" brings an infrared light burst in form of sequence that could not seen by human eye, but was captured through the lens of a night vision, showing the gap between sensing and knowing. These photographs do not show what was seen, but what was always there, waiting beyond perception. They ask what else escapes us, not because it is absent, but because we have stopped questioning its presence. How many things do we ignore because we think we know?