Silence Aloud – A Confrontation with Loneliness

The experiences human beings have in isolation are at the centre of this project. It hauntingly visualises “facets of silence” during a self-experiment, for which the artist spent 18 hours isolated in a small room. The emotions that arose during this time were given an output by using the white walls of the room like a canvas for, partly expressive, drawings. The result is an exciting scenario that is constantly increasing in intensity. The artist defines the silence she experiences as something that is not calm: “Silence can be uncomfortable, terrible and bewildering. As it begins, it slowly starts to press its stamp onto the soul. It is a noise, a constant high-pitched tone, able to develop into an intense, painful and obtrusive noise. Then it screams at you, roaring the loneliness into your face. It comes after you with everything you want and throws the fact you can’t have it, deep into your mind.”