ÉLEK, EDGES OF LIFE

[ˈEːLƐK] AN EQUIVOCAL HUNGARIAN WORD.

1. ÉLEK [ˈEːLƐK], VERB. TO LIVE: TO BE ALIVE; OR TO HAVE LIFE. FIRST PERSON SINGULAR OF THE VERB ÉL [ˈEːL]. I LIVE.

2. ÉLEK [ˈEːLƐK], NOUN. PLURAL OF THE WORD ÉL [ˈEːL]. AND IT CAN ALSO BE TRANSLATED AS EDGE: THE OUTER OR  FARTHEST POINT OF

SOMETHING, THE SIDE OF A BLADE THAT CUTS, OR ANY SHARP PART OF AN OBJECT THAT COULD CUT. 

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CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAHER SÁRA SEBESTYÉN ARTICULATES THE  VARIOUS MEANINGS OF THE WORD ÉLEK TROUGH THE LANGUAGE OF CONSTRUCTIVE, GEOMETRIC ART THAT MARKS HER WORKS.

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