In Greek mythology, Sisyphus tricked Death by trapping Thanatos in chains. Once Thanatos was bound by chains, no one died on Earth, this is why Sisyphus was punished to roll an enormous rock up a hill, only to watch it come back to hit him, repeating this action for eternity.

How we used to think about the world is changing radically everyday. Religion is replaced by science, we are flooded by images everyday, we want instant access to knowledge. Photography as a medium has the ability to capture everything thats in front of the camera, the machinery sees even what the human eye is not capable of. We can see universes, stars exploding, microscopic worlds, atom bomb detonation with the safety of the far distance. Through these images we think we can get closer to understand how the world is functioning without ever experiencing or seeing it through our own eyes.

In series Sisyphus I constructed an imaginary laboratory where it is up to the reader to decide where the line lies between fiction and reality without any scientific explanation.

All images © Kata Geibl