MARE TUUM #1









Mare Tuum is a transnational, collaborative platform bringing together emerging artists and researchers from four European institutions: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (Budapest), the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), LCI Barcelona – School of Design and Visual Arts, and Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Developed within the Erasmus+ framework, the project builds a living network of shared practices, methodologies, and situated forms of knowledge that extends well beyond conventional institutional exchange.








                         



Arseniy Litviniuk
House of Paper

House of Paper

Arseniy Litviniuk


I explored the relationship between architecture and photography. When photographing architecture, I began questioning whether these images belong to documentary photography or fiction. While their purpose is often to document buildings objectively—without the photographer’s presence being felt—they still depict spaces that were first imagined by someone. In this sense, architecture perceives space in the same way a photographer perceives reality: both construct an image rather than capturing an absolute truth. With this project, I wanted to highlight this shared vision and bring photography and architecture together. I aimed to reveal the fictional nature of architecture and challenge the idea that documentary photography truly exists.

To do this, I documented the architecture of Lanzarote, known for its iconic white buildings. I created real-time collages in front of the lens, using the buildings themselves and A4 sheets of paper to construct abstract environments. These interventions blur the line between fiction and documentary, questioning how we perceive and represent space.