The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean

Mara Magyarosi-Laytner

Mara Magyarosi-Laytner's The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean explores loss and liminal spaces, weaving family archives into a poignant study of absence and connection.

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© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean

The current work in progress, The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean, began with the death of the last member of the First Litter, my father’s three older siblings. With a twenty-year age difference between the two youngest and three oldest siblings, the First Litter were always seen as the formidable adults in the family. Without their presence—and their never-ending, boundless resource of advice—the rest of us have been a little lost. Pulling from family and personal archives, this body of work is a study in liminal space and the conversations and questions of those left behind. Their position, wherever it may be, and mine are separated by a boundary that I cannot traverse clearly. The emotions I navigate are as boundless as every empty space I try to find my people in - the ocean, the stars, the space between breaths, and every bit in between.

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© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
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Mara Magyarosi-Laytner is an artist, educator, and curator. Her artistic work pairs experimental lens-based methods to explore identity through a symbolic and poetic lens. Her artistic and curatorial projects have been featured across the United States and internationally, as well as in multiple articles and periodicals. Her monograph, The Untended Garden, was published by Starling Common Press in February 2024. Additionally, Mara is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival in July 2024 and features innovators and experimenters' work in lens-based media throughout the Detroit area and beyond.

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The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean

Mara Magyarosi-Laytner

Mara Magyarosi-Laytner's The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean explores loss and liminal spaces, weaving family archives into a poignant study of absence and connection.

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Mara Magyarosi-Laytner

Inspiration
February 11, 2025
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Mara Magyarosi-Laytner's The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean explores loss and liminal spaces, weaving family archives into a poignant study of absence and connection.
© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
Published in issue #3 2024, Invisible Threads

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© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean

The current work in progress, The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean, began with the death of the last member of the First Litter, my father’s three older siblings. With a twenty-year age difference between the two youngest and three oldest siblings, the First Litter were always seen as the formidable adults in the family. Without their presence—and their never-ending, boundless resource of advice—the rest of us have been a little lost. Pulling from family and personal archives, this body of work is a study in liminal space and the conversations and questions of those left behind. Their position, wherever it may be, and mine are separated by a boundary that I cannot traverse clearly. The emotions I navigate are as boundless as every empty space I try to find my people in - the ocean, the stars, the space between breaths, and every bit in between.

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© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
About
Mara Magyarosi-Laytner is an artist, educator, and curator. Her artistic work pairs experimental lens-based methods to explore identity through a symbolic and poetic lens. Her artistic and curatorial projects have been featured across the United States and internationally, as well as in multiple articles and periodicals. Her monograph, The Untended Garden, was published by Starling Common Press in February 2024. Additionally, Mara is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival in July 2024 and features innovators and experimenters' work in lens-based media throughout the Detroit area and beyond.

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February 11, 2025
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The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean

Mara Magyarosi-Laytner

Mara Magyarosi-Laytner's The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean explores loss and liminal spaces, weaving family archives into a poignant study of absence and connection.

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Mara Magyarosi-Laytner

The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
Published in issue #3 2024, Invisible Threads

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© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean

The current work in progress, The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean, began with the death of the last member of the First Litter, my father’s three older siblings. With a twenty-year age difference between the two youngest and three oldest siblings, the First Litter were always seen as the formidable adults in the family. Without their presence—and their never-ending, boundless resource of advice—the rest of us have been a little lost. Pulling from family and personal archives, this body of work is a study in liminal space and the conversations and questions of those left behind. Their position, wherever it may be, and mine are separated by a boundary that I cannot traverse clearly. The emotions I navigate are as boundless as every empty space I try to find my people in - the ocean, the stars, the space between breaths, and every bit in between.

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© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
© Mara Magyarosi-Laytner | The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean
About
Mara Magyarosi-Laytner is an artist, educator, and curator. Her artistic work pairs experimental lens-based methods to explore identity through a symbolic and poetic lens. Her artistic and curatorial projects have been featured across the United States and internationally, as well as in multiple articles and periodicals. Her monograph, The Untended Garden, was published by Starling Common Press in February 2024. Additionally, Mara is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival in July 2024 and features innovators and experimenters' work in lens-based media throughout the Detroit area and beyond.

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February 11, 2025
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