 Eloise Fornieles From the deep waters of sleep From the deep waters of sleep I wake up to consciousness I feel my heart beating too. It will go on beating for some time. Then it will stop. I wonder if the little heart that has beaten with mine has stopped. When he passed the border of birth, I laid him at my breast, Rocked him in my arms. He was very small then. A white body of a man, rocked in the arms of the waves, Is very small too. Johanna Adriana Ader-Appels, 1975 In the second of her trilogy of performances at Paradise Row, Eloise Fornieles engages with the subject of loss. For the entire 48 hour duration of the performance, Fornieles will attempt to stay awake, trapped in a wooden lifeboat, marooned on a sea of salt that will fill the gallery. During the performance Fornieles will be taking messages from the audience addressed to people or things lost to them, and sending them out in Morse Code. As the performance continues and the artist wearies her actions will deteriorate, becoming desperate and hopeless. The piece is initially inspired by the final work of Dutch performance artist Bas Jan Ader, "Searching for the Miraculous", in which he attempted a solo crossing of the Atlantic. He sailed from America with the intention of arriving in Holland, but was lost at sea. "From the deep waters of sleep" is from a poem written by Aders mother, Johanna Adriana Ader-Appels. Paradise Row will be open continuously throughout the 48 hours period of the performance. Exhibition: 31 August - 2 September 2007 Paradise Row 17 Hereford St, (off Cheshire St) GB-London E2 6EX Telephone +44 (0)207 6133311 Email info@paradiserow.com www.paradiserow.com |
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