About this Event
Giving Form to the Unspoken.
Dreams Beyond Tomorrow is a visionary hybrid project by Gala Semenova Photography, created in collaboration with the Womanity Portrait Foundation. Supported by a grant from the City of Chula Vista, artist Gala Semenova has spent the last year documenting a specific, poignant reality: the dreams of women living with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer.
The Hybrid Vision:
For a woman with a terminal diagnosis, the future is often a landscape of "ifs." There are places they may never visit, milestones they may not reach, and experiences that illness threatens to steal.
In this exhibition, Gala Semenova uses a hybrid artistic practice to bridge this gap. By merging traditional fine art portraiture with AI-generated digital imagery, Gala does more than take a photo—she realizes a dream. Using the women’s own words and desires, she creates "Visual Manifestations" of the lives they wish to lead. This fusion of reality and digital imagination allows each woman to see herself within her dream, creating a permanent legacy that transcends her diagnosis.
The Experience:
- Fine Art Gallery: A curated collection of large-scale works where classical photography meets cutting-edge digital art to create a "Dreamscape."
- The Documentary Film: A cinematic screening that follows the artistic process, capturing the raw, soulful, and life-affirming conversations between the artist and her subjects.
- Artist Talk: Gala Semenova shares her journey of capturing these "Dreams," joined by the extraordinary women who served as both the inspiration and the teachers for this project.
- About the Artist: Gala Semenova is a fine art photographer and the Founder & CEO of Womanity Portrait Foundation. Her work is dedicated to reclaiming the "True Self" through self-compassion and visual storytelling. Dreams Beyond Tomorrow represents the intersection of her artistic practice and her humanitarian mission.
Why Attend?
We all "run, run, run" through our lives assuming we have decades left. The women of Dreams Beyond Tomorrow carry a wisdom that is perhaps the most valuable thing we can encounter as a community. They remind us that we don’t have to wait for a diagnosis to start being grateful for every breath.
- 1:00 PM: Doors Open & Gallery Viewing
- 2:00 PM: Documentary Film Screening
- 3:00 PM: Artist Talk & Participant Panel
- 3:45 PM: Community Connection
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Chula Vista Public Library Civic Center Branch, 365 F Street, Chula Vista, United States
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