VISUAL ARTIST

SEBASTIAN ILIE

The One That Got Away (2023)

In moments when I felt like the ground beneath my feet was going to open up and eat me whole, this project was born.

The One That Got Away tells a personal story of heartbreak; a state of confusion poetically translated by an omnipresent sense of reticence.

Was it you or me, the one that got away?

“Inconsolation”
“Bath of cigarettes”
“Cigarettes in bath”
“Your stupid flowers”
“The world’s a little blurry —
but maybe it’s my eyes.”
“Just for you”
“The light at the end of the tunnel”