How Do I Archive the Feeling of Nothingness?
March 2019 @An Lanntair
Testimony from the Rocks, Group Exhibition of Art, Space + Nature Master Program
How do I archive the feeling of nothingness?
Ciomar as Urrainn dhomh Tasgadh am Farachdainn Neonitheachd-sa?
In awe of the landscape, a process of self-questioning meant I felt nothing.
I forced myself to feel, to sense, to connect with the landscape, and I failed.But its banal thoughts, trivial things and repetitive steps are not nothing, they are archived here.
The work is a response to both the physical and cultural landscape of the Western Isles.
Everyday is a practice
Feeling nothing, keep walking
There are always voids in landscape
There is always space for me to feel
I felt nothing.
What did I feel when I felt nothing?
Actually it’s not nothing.
the banal thoughts that came into my head
the trivial things that happened to me
the repetitive steps that I walked
that’s what I felt
It is beautiful but it is not somewhere that I belong to
How do I archive the landscape making me feel nothing?
How do I archive the feeling of nothingness?
Feeling nothing, keep walking
There are always voids in landscape
There is always space for me to feel
I felt nothing.
What did I feel when I felt nothing?
Actually it’s not nothing.
the banal thoughts that came into my head
the trivial things that happened to me
the repetitive steps that I walked
that’s what I felt
It is beautiful but it is not somewhere that I belong to
How do I archive the landscape making me feel nothing?
How do I archive the feeling of nothingness?
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