HYS. SUSP. text/image/sound
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The central work of the exhibition, Hysteria Suspended consists of three torsos hung from the ceiling twisted as if in a state of hysteria here represented not as suppressed sexual desire, but inchoate fury. Hysteria Suspended is about hysteria (held in abeyance), dementia and melancholy. The theme of melancholia is expanded in The nurse of the mad, (who is dead). Text and a chair with torso, work in conjunction. The text acts as a dado rail in the space. It is a stream of (sub)consciousness - a poem littered with references to demons, she-wolves, pomegranate trees and the eponymous nurse. Conversations a more contemplative work acts as a counterpoint to Hysteria Suspended. This work is based on an original conversation. It uses recorded sound, the artist’s piano playing and a poem that uses musical terminology to evoke memory and loss. |
