IT FEELS LIKE FALLING

ABOUT THE SERIES
The title ‘It feels like falling’ is about both silence and existence, referring to the question: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, did it actually make a sound?
The images show fragile flowers, enclosed and therefore preserved by ice. By touching and cherishing them, you will simultaneously undo the preserving and thereby alter or damage them.
The project refers to what trauma-specialists call ‘frozen thoughts’ that cause traumatized people unable to access a certain memory. This frozen quality complicates verbalization and so the trauma remains to exist in silence.

This series originated during the artist residency ‘Silence, Awareness, Existence’ at Arteles Creative Center, Haukijarvi (Finland).