My parents were followers of the Church when I was born; my father was a pastor and most of my family had been converted. We left the Church when I was twelve. This work is my return to the experience of growing up in a radical religious community and its lasting impact. Working with family archives, staged reenactments and photographed artefacts, I unveil the structures of indoctrination, revealing the layers of psychological conditioning. Unfolding over time, the project documents my negotiation of personal agency in relation to the relentless presence of the All-Seeing.

Daria Izworska (she/her) is a visual artist and researcher working on the intersection of art and psychology. Her practice explores psychological control, disability and relationality through visual media and embodied methods. Drawing from personal history, she examines the lasting impact of growing up within a radical religious community. Member of Rust Publishing, where she published photobook God’s Children which recently premiered at The Photographer’s Gallery in London. Graduated in Experimental Psychology at University of Bristol, Journalism at Jagiellonian University, Photography at Silesian University in Opava, and finished the Sputnik Photos mentoring program.