BRIEF ENCOUNTERS

It is not the work, not the factory, that prevents the human being from degenerating into savagery, but the existence of a holistic world within the person him- or herself. Muratova views it as her task to find an angle that allows her to see and record this reality – with the means of her heart and her intelligence. For happiness was measured in kilometres, tonnes and worked days, and was supposed to be weighty and visible, to have nothing of the ephemeral and fleeting. The picture showed by Muratova was the complete opposite: her figures did not possess the ability to focus on the major things in life but instead tortuously attempted to discover, see and grasp something within themselves, and to cling to it for at least a few stolen moments.