“Time-Lapse Map III” (2023) represents a continuation of the artist’s ongoing exploration of time as a fluid, multilayered, and ultimately elusive phenomenon. In this series, Roman Ďurček focuses on recording temporal layers visually—not through narrative, but through the physical process of material transformation.

In Time-Lapse Map III, we once again encounter Ďurček’s characteristic experimentation with chemical reactions, oxidation, pigments, and alternative supports. The surface of the work bears traces of erosion, movement, and biological time, as if the painting were writing itself—layer by layer—much like natural sedimentation or human memory.

Here, the “map” does not function as a tool for spatial orientation, but as an introspective trace of orientation in time, both personal and collective. The work feels abstract yet tangible—each detail points to memory, evolution, and transformation.