On the Other Side
On the Other Side
2004 –
Pair of photographs, variable dimensions.
Atlantic Ocean, 2006
The work consists of four pairs of photos of the Atlantic shoreline. In the first picture a wave leaves from Lisbon, Portugal, so as to arrive in New York in the next one. Several months have passed between the taking of the pictures. Under each of the photos are the times they were taken written by freehand. These dates are also the times when the wave left and arrived. On the European continent, the locations where the pictures were taken are Lisbon, Bordeaux and Santiago de Compostela. In America, the shore of arrival and departure is in New York.
All these cities of whose shores pictures have been taken are linked historically by migration and refugeehood. Whichever shore we are on there is always another shore somewhere that is the focus of our thoughts, hopes or memories.
Baltic Sea, 2008
The work consists of three pairs of photos of the Baltic shoreline. In the pictures a wave leaves and arrives between Finland, Estonia and Sweden. All these countries are linked historically together and the Baltic Sea is connected in the Atlantic Ocean.
Guadalquivir, 2007
The work consists of two pairs of photos of the Guadarquivir riverbanks in Spain. In French language hopeless dreams are sometimes called châteaux en Espagne, in English they are castles in the air. In the photos the water stays still between palaces in Sevilla. Only a couple of hours have passed between the taking of the pictures. The Guadalguivir river is connected in the Atlantic Ocean.
Works, a selection
