‘nothing’, like most of my work, derives from a multitude of ideas and influences present in my live during the time of its creation, as well as my longstanding obsessions and interests. It directly follows a succession of works, fuelled in its creation by political believes and
frustrations, ‘suppressed anger’ and ‘silent cry’. ‘nothing’, as seen in this series, is an attempt to disregard worldly issues, and instead portray a stronger focus on aesthetical questions. In doing this and seen in its context, its main focus becomes the creation of nothing. |
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Another subject matter present in this work derives from living in a house with a permanently dripping tap. This annoyance, arouse again my childhood fascination with Chinese water torture*. The idea of something very small and harmless transforming through endless repetition into the source of intense pain and agony, struck me as profoundly minimal. Without ever trying the real thing, imagining the effect of this process, gives another foundation to this work. What dose it feel like? Would you be able to disconnect your mind from your body? What would the intervals between the drops be filled with? Could you arrive at a state of nothing? |
*a method of torture in which water is slowly dripped onto a person's forehead, driving the victim insane.
note: there is no evidence that this torture has ever been practised in china |
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Installed at ‘Electric Blue’, 2008 (plinth 60 cm height, projection surface ø 110 cm) Bargehouse, South Bank, London, UK |
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