Farīna is a project born from my deep fascination with history, mythology, and the silent presence of the past in forgotten places. Some places exist not only in space, but in memory. Their stones,their air, their shadows hold echoes of lives once lived, of hands that built, of voices long since faded.

For five days, I withdrew from the world, isolating myself within the ruins of the ancient Roman aqueduct and windmill complex in Barbegal, near Arles. Once a thriving center of ingenuity, it is now a place of quiet stillness, where time has softened its edges. As I moved through its remains, I thought not only of what was, but also of what might have been. The people who once stood where I stood, the stories they carried, the rituals, the unspoken moments of their existence now lost in time.

This project is not about recreating the past but about feeling it. Sensing its weight in the air, in the way light touches stone, in the spaces left empty. There is no single way to see Farīna. It is meantto be an invitation rather than an explanation, a space for the viewer’s own imagination to wander. Perhaps you will see history, perhaps myth, perhaps something in between. What remains is not only what was, but what we choose to see.

These images illustrate the process in which I gradually carve away a drawing of Roman deities from antique paper. After removing each part, I placed the paper back in exactly the
same position to mark the passage of time.


I also use this process as a metaphor for both Roman mythology and the industrial site itself. The drawing does not completely disappear; a faint outline remains, similar to the ruins where I documented this process. Just as this historical site endures, the trace remains visible, even as the material fades away.