Disappearing into the landscape
After my graduation in 2020, I took time off and I travelled the vast and tranquil landscapes of northern Europe. I had titled this sabbatical – Disappearing into the Landscape – I was hungry for immersive organic panoramas filled with trees, sky and water. As I was feeding off the landscape, I saw my body, 54 years of age, reflected in the juiciness and decay of these elements. It urged me to take off my clothes and allowing myself to take up space amongst the oaks and pines. I started videoing my bare body, clumsily moving through these organic surroundings, wanting to know the importance of what I was trying to find. And then the imbalance of my title struck me, as if I were a character that was leaving her own stage, recorded, but unnoticed.
– Disappearing into… – transformed into transitioning to somewhere else, into emerging from; I was there, a female taking up space, naked, investigatively searching for an equal and intimate relationship with the landscape.