FOG/MIST/MGLA

2023, Zosia Holubowska and Daniela Brill Estrada

AV installation with textiles

The installation is a visual and sonic study of mistiness as a metaphor for the state of emotional confusion and fatigue, possibly as a response to pain and trauma. It offers an immersive environment to thaw and let go, but it is not about completely giving into the state of stupor, for the latest research found signs of life in the vapors of Venus's atmosphere. The sound design was created by Zosia Hołubowska in reaction to the shooting in Vienna in 2020 and the general state of lockdown distraught. The wailing voice was processed until it melted into a haze. The visuals were created by Daniela Brill Estrada as a part of her ongoing research on the agency of elements. The artist is creating a visual representation of possible “choices” and behaviors of molecules. This practice, informed by quantum physics and scientific speculations, observes the ink as an animated organism in its rhizome-like dance on paper. Paired together, the installation creates a moment of suspension, where it is possible to experience the contradictions of pain and healing.

credits:

Sound and video: Zosia Hołubowska, footage: Daniela BrilI Estrada, thanks to Joanna Zabielska for sewing the textiles

Presented at Improper Walls