Sophia Attigui, Please fill in the empty space
master beeldende kunsten - grafisch ontwerp
You’ve always felt uneasy about the blanks required to be filled in identification forms. But you have been taught certain things about yourself and about the responses this self is supposed to develop for templates of that kind. So, ultimately, you do know how to deal with it. You’ve received specific indications on notions of belonging, identity, lifestyle and posterity. And you’ve been turned by all parties into some kind of cultural artefact whose aspect, location, function and way of functioning is precast.
So you’re thinking to yourself: this space is not yet to be filled, it is pre-filled; and you slowly come to the realisation that you are not the author of it. You think of a quick Google search: how to not be part of a flowchart. How to sabotage a timeline. How to make space for, make disappear, erase.
But then, in that case, you’d be left with actual space.
Turns out: you’re not scared of void.
You’ve never been sure about how to feel about the blanks required to be filled in identification forms. But you have been taught certain things about yourself and about what responses this self is supposed to develop for templates of that kind. So, fundamentally, you do know how to deal with it. You’ve received specific indications on notions of belonging, identity, lifestyle and posterity. And you’ve been turned by all parties into some kind of cultural artefact whose aspect, location, function and way of functioning is precast.
So you’re thinking to yourself: this space is not yet to be filled, it is pre-filled; and you slowly come to the realisation that you are not the author of it. You think of a quick Google search: how to not be part of a flowchart. How to sabotage a timeline. How to make space for, make disappear, erase.
But then, in that case, you’d be left with actual space.
Turns out: you’re not scared of void.