but of the drip, drip of solitude, they know nothing
From the series: Sometimes awful things· 2011 – 2012
Single channel HD film with stereo music and sound only · 2’50 · 2011 · Edition of 10 + 2 AP
5 photographs · Edition of 10 + 2 AP
but of the drip, drip of solitude, they know nothing II · photograph · 2011
but of the drip, drip,
of long haul
no end in sight solitude,
they know nothing
is a simple and beautifully framed visual documentary about an abandoned insane asylum used from 1878 to 1914.
The film is set to hauntingly beautiful music and sounds. It does not explicitly talk about the institution, nor of the horrors experienced by the marginalised: the mentally ill, disobedient or “promiscuous” women, victims of violence and sexual abuse, the poor and criminals, who were committed here, often for life. Instead it offers an opening, a space for the viewer to bring what they know and imagine what they cannot.
but of the drip, drip of solitude, they know nothing III · photograph · 2011
The work is part of a larger series called Sometimes awful things have their own kind of beauty. A series about prisoners and people who were committed in mental asylums. These works consider spaces, lives and environments that are off limits to most of society and reflect on what performance means for those who live where private and public co-exist.
Opening minute · but of the drip, drip, of long haul no end in sight solitude, they know nothing · 2011
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but of the drip, drip of solitude, they know nothing is available as a single-channel HD film and 5 photographs. Works are a limited edition of 10 + 2 AP and start from €700 unframed.
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