The
Artist
Sara Rman
Lives and Works in
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sara Rman (1992, Ljubljana) is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of
photography and craftsmanship. Her work explores identity, freedom, and raw aesthetics, with a strong focus on socio-cultural marginality, self-reflection, and social critique. Fascinated by boundaries, she seeks to reach, transcend, and blend them through a holistic and process-driven approach. She avoids a formalistic view of photography, instead questioning its indexical nature and alternative functions beyond image-making. Her works are often interactive and installation-oriented, shaped by themes of meaning, absurdity, paradox, memory, and hallucination. By integrating multiple media, she challenges conventions and embraces experimentation, making the process itself central to her artistic expression.
Projects
2023
In Process
While working between photography, sculpture, and installation, focusing on the physical properties of image-making materials, I engaged directly with materials, shaping their
transformation through experimental processes. Photography often demands precision, but I am more interested in revealing what is usually unseen—its textures, vulnerabilities, and breaking points. Within the project, I worked with a variety of materials, transitioning from photographic thinking to sculptural interpretation, exploring how they evolved and intersected in new ways. The process was key—working with fire, heat, and chemical reactions, I allowed materials to respond in their own way. My approach was intuitive, hands-on, and open-ended. The work remained in flux, never fully complete and still evolving. Beyond material transformation, repetition and sustained observation played an essential role. By repeatedly engaging with the same processes, I emphasized subtle shifts in the material’s response, positioning myself as both creator and observer of change.
I exposed photographic paper to light and intervened with fire, uncovering hidden structures within its surface. Film, as another light-sensitive material, reacted differently— I pushed it to its limits, exploring the threshold between formation and collapse. Some works retained a connection to photography through chemical treatments, while others deconstructed film to its most basic form, reducing it to transparent layers dyed in symbolic darkroom colors.
Sara Rman
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