ILL SEEN, ILL HEARD
2008, neon and reflection
The neon 'Ill Seen, Ill Heard' stems from a slight alteration of the title of one of Samuel Beckett’s last works, a short story called “Ill Seen, Ill Said” (1980-1).
This neon work consists of the words “What what?, Where where?” fabricated in reverse. Fixed to a wall, opposite a window, the viewer reads the text as a reflection. The repetition of each of the words gives it somewhat of a frenetic quality, suggesting a sense of urgency, demanding a repetition of the initial direction, that warranted the response in the first place. As if it went unheard or more appropriately ill heard and indeed as a consequence poorly understood. It alludes to an event that goes unwitnessed and as such remains elusive.
Installation, Sheppard Fine Arts, Reno, USA
See also Ill seen, ill heard
2008, neon and reflection
The neon 'Ill Seen, Ill Heard' stems from a slight alteration of the title of one of Samuel Beckett’s last works, a short story called “Ill Seen, Ill Said” (1980-1).
This neon work consists of the words “What what?, Where where?” fabricated in reverse. Fixed to a wall, opposite a window, the viewer reads the text as a reflection. The repetition of each of the words gives it somewhat of a frenetic quality, suggesting a sense of urgency, demanding a repetition of the initial direction, that warranted the response in the first place. As if it went unheard or more appropriately ill heard and indeed as a consequence poorly understood. It alludes to an event that goes unwitnessed and as such remains elusive.
Installation, Sheppard Fine Arts, Reno, USA
See also Ill seen, ill heard