Recently I attended an open studio of an artist friend of mine, Megan Prince, to see her new installation piece Writings on the Wall (pictured below).
The piece is impressive and as I did my best to take it in, I couldn’t help but think about the millions of words I perceived to be inside each line of string. Words I wouldn’t be able to read. And what if those were the words I need to make sense out of the threads of emotion which often threaten to overwhelm me and which I always make a futile effort to decipher? Moreover the hundreds of strings of these hidden explanations were overlapped and taught, mirroring to me the sometimes frenzied thoughts I find impossible to separate or articulate.
For me these strings & nails were waves of code installed on the walls of my heart and mind. What Megan intended the piece to symbolize I have not asked her, for my interpretation was so strong a dance came to me in my dreams that night as I slept:
A lone woman, barefoot & dressed in a white tunic with long, dark hair hanging disheveled around her, performed a phrase inside a spotlight with Writings on the Wall enlarged 20 times behind her…this is what she danced.
Dancer – Jessica Anthony
Writings On The Wall, 92x135x1, string and nails
Lovely entry and writings, and a great dance as well. Enjoy seeing the tautness of the strings and the tension in the dancer’s rigid limbs. Keep up the good work (both of you).