Landscapes of Ennui
“Landscapes of Ennui” explores the privilege of boredom in a society of inequality and the constant demands for action. Pascal in “Pensées” uses the term “ennui” in a modern way, picturing the man that is convinced that only his actions will create his path, and, as response to such a struggle, takes no action at all.
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Photoetching, hand drawing and collage on Somerset fine art paper. Printed at Glasgow Print Studio, 2017
Making my own
interpretation of the term, in“Landscapes of Ennui” I take close portraits of my body, placing
myself in this state of comfort, within the
insignificance of monotony.
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Photoetching, hand drawing and collage on Somerset fine art paper. Printed at Glasgow Print Studio, 2017.
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A woman finds herself alone in her house, and an intolerable anguish seizes her, body and soul; her ennui almost turns into fear.
(Andrè Gidé , “... A wall of rain separated me from the rest of the world, far from any passion, far from life.”)
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Photoetching, hand drawing and collage on Somerset fine art paper. Printed at Glasgow Print Studio, 2017.
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Trapped in a methaphisical disorder of time and space,
her sighs get encapsulated
in glass terrariums.
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Photoetching, linocut, monoprint and collage on Somerset fine art paper. Printed at Glasgow Print Studio, 2017.
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Incapable of moving, turns herself into a landscape of
gold, flesh and loneliness.
gold, flesh and loneliness.
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Photoetching, linocut, monoprint and collage on Somerset fine art paper. Printed at Glasgow Print Studio, 2017.
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