Three mesmerizing works by Jessica Faiss
We are proud to present the second artist in the series Public Projections - Gothenburg. Swiss born Faiss, now living and working out of Sweden, moves between video, photography, performance and painting. Her work has been shown in Japan, Sweden and Italy. We invited Faiss as we think she will spark an interest amongst the many visitors to the International Film Festival in Gothenburg during the first two weeks of February. The works she has selected for the series at Aview Nomad Gallery are all emblematic for her specific expression. 

In Smoke, Desert and Halong one can feel a presence of something unspoken. It is a tension partly created via the movement within the frame, along the dominating visual line. The three works shown in the Public Projection series are silent. The suspense keeps building up with a set of minimal components. The expectation on something to interfere with the solid, slow movement increases as the films goes on. In Faiss work there is no editing between scenes, it is the natural movement of smoke, or the journey along the direction of the river or road that contributes to creating the dynamics. 

The works border on being inner and outer landscapes, dreams and reality. The solitude prevails over the motion creating sceneries with a distinct form of presence, abject but at the same time mesmerizing and mystic rather than fearful, an inner contemplation and mystical union with nature. 

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