This video work assembles thirty nine people of varying ages, each placed in front of the same black door. Participants are invited to speak about their favourite object and imagine what they might become through that object. In the final edit the spoken words are removed and only the silences remain, allowing facial expressions, small gestures and moments of hesitation or reflection to surface.

The black door operates as a constant frame and neutral backdrop, concentrating attention on the face and on the participant's relation to their chosen object. The camera favors close and medium shots to capture subtle micro-expressions. Editing discards verbal narrative and organizes the sequence around the rhythms of silence, turning absence of speech into the primary carrier of meaning.

Sound design by Katerina Tsitsa works with negative space, foregrounding breaths, incidental noises and the pure presence of silence rather than traditional score or commentary. This treatment makes silence both an aesthetic decision and the thematic core of the piece. Produced as a staff project in 2020-2021, the work explores how objects function as portals to identity, how transformation can be imagined, and how shared settings reveal collective and individual interiorities.

At its heart the piece proposes a simple but potent idea: remove words and the nonverbal stories become visible. Objects become tools of imagination and the preserved silences disclose fears, desires, memories and dreams. The approach is restrained and carefully composed, attentive to editing rhythm and facial detail, inviting viewers to become witnesses to a collective act of self-revelation.

Video Maria Kriga. Sound Katerina Tsitsa.