This Too Shall Pass - Morvarid K

To see the static, silent, empty landscapes, to see the overwhelming absence of life and to confront what remains after the passage of the mega-forest fires.

It is not about the material loss, but about the intimate apprehension of the emotional charge.

The complexity of human perception is questioned here, by an adjustment mechanism that allows us to tame the brutal, the destructive. The way we set up a process to make Thanatos bearable. And our strength to seek beauty in absolute darkness.

The This Too Shall Pass project begins in Australia in 2020 and continues in France between 2021 and 2023.

It is divided into three stages. First of all, denial and amazement in the face of immense darkness. Then the body to body, the awareness and the confrontation with this new reality. And finally oblivion and abstraction. Life resumes its course, giving way to a feeling of helplessness, although the forests continue to burn.

Unique pieces, ballpoint ink on photograph, charcoal traces of burned trees on photograph, collage of photographic fragments with burnt contours.

Limited edition of 200 numbered and signed copies, all unique, each cover featuring a work created by the artist.

stok number: NB686