A Flightless Dream, 2022
A Flightless Dream, 2022
Egg has been used as a symbolism in art, religion, literature for thousands of years. Oftentimes used as symbol to relate with the themes of hope, purity, resurrection, fertility, new beginnings, or creation. I saw the eggs as visual metaphors of anticipation, fear, imagination, and life within the unknown.
At the last week of the residency, I discovered a huge nest in the back forest built by past residents - Agnieszka Foltyn and Per Stian Monsås titled ‘Nest, 2019’. When I saw the nest my immediate thought was wanting to create giant eggs to put into the empty nest. As someone who had always admired birds’ ability to soar in the sky, I envisioned myself as part of the imagery. I saw the eggs as visual metaphors of anticipation and fear between hope and the unknown. Inspired by Angel’s Egg, a Japanese art film directed by Mamoru Oshii in 1985 that uses very minimal dialogues and many surrealistic symbolism, theme, metaphor as its visual storytelling. I pictured myself as the guardian of the egg like the little girl in the film, who protects the egg by hiding underneath her dress wherever she wandered.
I learned something very different by allowing myself to procrastinate and socialize. I rediscovered the experience of art in play, in being with my surrounding, and what it feels to be in a spontaneous flow. Special thanks to Brad for blowing up the egg balloons, Jac for assisting the process, and Therese and Ditte as photographers to document this spontaneous idea.
Photographers: Thérèse Lynch & Ditte Bolt
Location: Hämeenkyrö, Finland 🇫🇮
