NEST is a project that aims to explore the relationship created between the individual and its surrounding. Human beings have long distinguished themselves form animals in that they are the only ones that decorate the space they inhabit. It is the creation of a home that reaffirms their existence, and at the same time, reiterates their place in the world.
However, a real home is perceived to have no physical definition and neither does it have a specific relation to a gender. Instead, home is conceived as a multidimensional state of mind that relates directly to the emotional connection of the individual and the space it inhabits. Home, therefore, is a mental and emotional state of shelter and comfort, where the person can be without restrictions.
The central idea of this project is to create a home that reflects the person’s emotional bond with the place. The architecture of this home is not built by walls, but it is built around the body and according to its necessities. The home created is a result of the interior space of the person, which is projected in return to the exterior. It is through time and space that this connection is created.
The project comprises a series of 5 performances documented in the form of video time-lapse. The different locations were chosen to represent different aspects of the individual’s life, in relation with its own environment. Each performance consists in the creation of a home that allows the artist to sit and read a book from start to finish in 12 hours.
The book represents individualism brought to its maximum exponent. While reading, the person is wrapped up in its own mind, creating a link with the book that comes alive in one’s imagination. The conception of this whole world is represented in the performance, when the interior world is projected to the outside and becomes in turn part of the individual experience. Thus, the creation of this individual space becomes all together multidimensional.
The work consists of several parts. The title of each piece belongs to the book that was read by the artist at each performance, giving the book a direct connection with the piece. The documentation of the performance is presented in the form of a time-lapse video, along with the installation of the objects used at each scene. Finally, a photograph of the last moment of performance hangs from the wall.
NEST aims to portray ideas of space and time, the self and the other, individualism and collectiveness, as well as the manifestation of interior spaces in the public sphere.
- Fabiola Menchelli
Fabiola.Menchelli@gmail.com
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