cafuné-you
MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT | LISBON _ 2022
"in love you scared of but always wished for" | inkjet print transfer 70x50
(cafuné - Portuguese word for: To run your hands through the hair of someone you love or deeply care about for some minutes.)
- Project focuses on exploring the relationship with the space we inhabit and how the perception of space changes depending on the experiences we have had.
sleeping lover“ | video, sound 03´02´
“blessed by your presence“ | inkjet print transfer 70x50 cm
“blessed by your distance” | inkjet print transfer 70x50 cm
The project reveals the intimate story of the artist's 6-month stay in Lisbon. It reflects the perception and experience of feeling in love, the connection and subsequent separation, abandonment and how this relationship influences the perception of the space - of the room, the streets, the city.
“you left me deconstructed in the most complex space“ | inkjet print transfer 70x50 cm
This strong emotional experience of feeling of love and dependent on a person and their subsequent loss provides a pathway for self-reflection for the healing process, and with its process of understanding opens a shared sense of pain and compassion. In this emotional state the memories and images of the loved person fill every space of experience we dwell. It portrays a sentimental and pathetic image of the well-worn phrase of a person in love - "I see you everywhere".
performance MY BODY IS A HETEROTOPIA by Mickey Bourne
“Dear XX,
I went to my friend barbara gocníková’s site-specific installation, “sent but never received” yesterday. Strung from the ceiling were fragments of dead letters to a man she loved, that she’d cut up and hung. The room was filled with them. I spent over an hour in there. Thought of you. Cried. She was asking all the questions that I was asking too.
I’m performing as a part of her upcoming exhibition in August. I rang 2 of my friends today to tell them about it. About how I’m circling back to this project. I was preempting things, asking for support. I’m learning that this project isn’t just about me. […]”
-excerpt from open love letter by Mickey Bourne
