I`ve been looking around these last weeks, trying to find some things I could consider for my cabinet of curiosities. Not surprisingly, I couldn`t really come up with something that screamed ME. Why is this not a surprise? Come to think about it, I`ve never felt particularly attached to any object or material thing. I remember being a kid and looking at adverts of toys I loved not because I wanted to possess them, but because I wanted them to be part of my imagination, of my inner world. And quite often, I used to have very vivid dreams of me, playing with the things that were out of my reach, not having them per se, but being able to see them, to touch them, discover them and enjoy their ingenuity or cuteness.
What do I cling to? Memories (as in thoughts), feelings that linger on, conversations that I found enlightening, entertaining, whimsical, bothering but necessary, people with their habits, imperfections, candid moments and ideas, the funny, the bold, the crazy, the touching, the out-of-this-world.
Of course, this seems rather abstract...but then again, I go for abstract things! Precisely because it is not hands-on it leaves a lot of room for interpretation, and even more to symbolic representation. I have a very vague idea about using alegories for different sections of the box, maybe stills, or pixilation...although, come to think about it...having something relying more on sound as a backbone would be interesting too (found Michel Chion`s book Audio-vision rather inspiring).
Also, since I`m trying to write down as many ideas I got in the last days, randomly for now...I was thinking of maybe doing something that would resort to a dichotomie. But I don`t want to think about good or bad (I don`t believe in these categories) or light and dark side of the same thing...I thought it might be interesting to apply the idea of Nietzsche about the Apollonian and Dionysian. Why? Because they seem to go beyond the idea of mere contrast; it is a question of appreciation for something whose life is fleeting, whose value is relative and whose aim is unsure...a really disjoint, troubled, fragmented picture that nevertheless must be lived in for lack of choice or for the simple beauty of the temporary, the absurd. Now, I might have been remixing Nietzsche`s ideas a bit, so don`t mind that...
What do I cling to? Memories (as in thoughts), feelings that linger on, conversations that I found enlightening, entertaining, whimsical, bothering but necessary, people with their habits, imperfections, candid moments and ideas, the funny, the bold, the crazy, the touching, the out-of-this-world.
Of course, this seems rather abstract...but then again, I go for abstract things! Precisely because it is not hands-on it leaves a lot of room for interpretation, and even more to symbolic representation. I have a very vague idea about using alegories for different sections of the box, maybe stills, or pixilation...although, come to think about it...having something relying more on sound as a backbone would be interesting too (found Michel Chion`s book Audio-vision rather inspiring).
Also, since I`m trying to write down as many ideas I got in the last days, randomly for now...I was thinking of maybe doing something that would resort to a dichotomie. But I don`t want to think about good or bad (I don`t believe in these categories) or light and dark side of the same thing...I thought it might be interesting to apply the idea of Nietzsche about the Apollonian and Dionysian. Why? Because they seem to go beyond the idea of mere contrast; it is a question of appreciation for something whose life is fleeting, whose value is relative and whose aim is unsure...a really disjoint, troubled, fragmented picture that nevertheless must be lived in for lack of choice or for the simple beauty of the temporary, the absurd. Now, I might have been remixing Nietzsche`s ideas a bit, so don`t mind that...
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