Leona Telínová / Nightmoth

Burgaves house at Klenová Castle

1. 7. - 26. 8. 2018

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A nightmoth doesn't have to be a nightmarish creature with a skull between its wings like the death's head moth – it can also be a tropical emperor of the same colour as a beautiful dream. But at nightfall, each one heads out on its nighttime journey in search of the light of the moon or a light bulb – just as when a small child wakes from a dream in a darkened room and finds comfort in the glow of a nightlight. Somtimes they meet in the dim light engulfed in the shadows of night, and then things begin to happen....

Photographer Leona Telínová, a gradute of the photography studio of the Faculty of Applied Art and Design at UJEP in Ústí nad Labem, presents her works in the Burggrave's House at Klenová Castle.Her photographic series present her world through stylized images resembling film stills.