regenerated fabric, nails | fabric sponsored by Nazena | 65 x 65 x 4 cm | 2024
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND?
Nails and fabric, two materials literally of opposite nature, intertwine; at first glance, the softness of the fiber seems to offer no resistance, but in the end, the nail gets stuck in it and outlines a script, like skin marked by the ink of a tattoo. The phrase comes from ‘Infinite Jest’ by David Foster Wallace and encapsulates an ancestral fear: the fear of remaining unexpressed, latent. An intimate fear that echoes death in everyday life. Contrasting this is the title of the work, ‘Can You Understand?’, which echoes the quote on the piece; it’s the immediately following part of the sentence that, in a questioning tone, restores the connection with the other, the dialogue, after diving deep into oneself.
‘I’m so scared of dying without ever being really seen. Can you understand?
