longing for being
(2024, Italy | Artistic Research Project)
(Site-specific Audio-Visual installation activated with a Proto-Cinematic Live Performance)
(Realised during the ‘Co-Ecologies’ residency program at FABRICA Research Centre)
(Exhibited during the final exposition titled 'Blooming in Embers' on the 16th of February, 2024)
The longing for belonging brings existential dread with itself. It converges into
the longing for being.
This project is an enquiry into the immortal quest for belonging-ness, through an artistic research framework that brings forth the subaltern realities and weaves a tapestry of multiple temporality formats.
The installation is an amalgamation of different mediums. It is a cinematographic presentation in a spatial soundscape through the borders of dams. The installation draws from expanded cinema as a
medium and initiates a dialogue with elements of archaic storytelling formats like, street plays and make-shift theatre performances.
The foundational philosophical concept for the exhibition is to reiterate that
the whole is ‘less’ than the sum of its parts and to never conform to the legacy
of monotheistic concepts. The constant aspiration is to move away from easy
binaries and a temptation to surrender to a nostalgic narrative of truth outside
of politics. It is not a retreat from reality but an investigation of the mess.
Film - Longing for Being
Proto-Cinematic Performance - Documentation by Silvia Longhi
Hand Stitched Map of the site-specific Installation | 90cm x 60cm - White Cotton Fabric + Black Threads
Meandering - A Reader on ‘Longing for Being’ | Handmade Book - 14.85cm x 21cm - Rismaqua Favini Paper
Still Documentation of the installation and the process
mock-ups outlining the project exposition.
photographic research
textual exploration
“The feeling evoked by the slice of sunlight that makes its way through the concrete jungle of suburbia on a cold day and caresses your animate body briefly, making you believe that ‘the life ain’t that bad after all’”
A made-up word made with made-up letters
textual exploration
IÑÂL ~ (इन्याल) {A made-up word made with made-up letters}
“The feeling evoked by the slice of sunlight that makes its way through the concrete jungle of suburbia on a cold day and caresses your animate body briefly, making you believe that ‘the life ain’t that bad after all’”
cinema curation
a micro-film presenting the keyword ‘Belonging’