Talisa Harjono
Netherlands, 1998
talisa.nl
Thesis: How to Climb a Fence
Sticker 1: I sent my voice into space but didn't know what to say
Sticker 2: I sent my passport up to space to get a stamp
Sticker 3: I went digging for three hours and didn't come across a border patrol
Sticker 4: I send my voice up to space but didn't know what to say
Sticker 5: I send my passport up to space to get a stamp
Sticker 6: I went digging for three hours and didn't cross a border sign
The work 'I send my voice up to space but didn't know what to say’, is a video installation in which I’m looking for a personal understanding of borders. I did this by focussing on the vertical perspective of space, rather than on the horizontal layer. Till how far up, and till how deep down, do borders run and apply? —— In an attempt to reach those imaginary borders somewhere on the vertical axis, I send my 3D printed passport up in space, together with a speaker playing my monologue. On the place where it landed back on Earth, I went digging for three hours. From the soil, I made a sculpture.
