In my project "Mapping the Subconscious" I seek to sensitise the observer to the connections between all that exists; the relationship between humans and nature, micro-organisms, and the impact of trauma on the body and environment. It oscillates around concepts related to metaphysics and transgenerational trauma exploring the networks of connections between the collective subconscious and all organisms that coexist on Earth. The two main objects that form the core of the project are: an installation of handmade kombucha leather, glass and ashes ‘I collect the tears you cried out years ago’; and a photobook ‘Lands of My Dreams’. When working with kombucha, I was deeply fascinated by the dichotomy of the skin and its incredible property of absorbing, and at the same time protecting. The use of tissues produced by non-human actors to symbolically ‘rebuild’ the lost bond with the mother is also extremely important to me, as I have recently become a parent myself. Protection/absorption, birth/symbiosis, separation/connection are therefore themes explored in this work. Photo book ‘Lands of My Dreams’ is an expression of my personal journey over the past three years. In this journey, happiness has alternated with suffering, goodness with violence, the most beautiful memories with the worst nightmares. The negatives and photographs, taken with both digital and analogue cameras, are accompanied by lyrical texts treating visions from my dreams. In "Land of My Dreams" the body becomes part of the landscape, harking back to ancient traditions when humans coexisted with nature, highlighting themes of interdependence. The landscapes, featured in the photography book, depict the territories on the Jordan-Palestine border, around the Dead Sea. These areas have drunk lots of blood, seen a lot of pain and have been suffering for centuries. They also hold many mystical stories and meanings, as they are full of religious altars, tombs, and are a veritable cradle of human civilisation as well as major world religions. What's more, these landscapes came as if from my repetitive dreams, which had been recurring to me for many years, since childhood, even before I went there myself... Therefore, they have a deeply symbolic and spiritual meaning. The organic tissues of my foetal membranes refer the viewer back to the scoby skin installation, contrasting the tissue produced in the human body with that produced by organisms and bacteria living outside the human body. Their abstract nature creates connotations with thought processes, with maps of worlds not from this dimension, or with the networks of neurons present in the human brain. The negatives and black-and-white Polaroid scans heighten associations with the collective unconscious, and the whole story becomes a veritable haiku of the hidden, where personal experiences become part of the collective experience. All entities are linked together in a phantasmagoric dreamlike atmosphere.