Meggy Rustamova
Subtitle: Horaizon
By: Meggy Rustamova
Contributors: Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent, Belgium)
Series: Posture editions -- no. 36; Posture editions -- no. 36
Publisher: Posture Editions
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Gent
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9789491262371
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Video art; Sound installations (Art); Horizon; Modern Art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Horaizon; Meggy Rustamova :
Work titles: Works
Description: Meggy Rustamova's (b. 1985) practice explores films and spatial installations, in which she incorporates photographs, essays and audio material; often the work has a performative character. Concerned with the relations between individual and collective memory, language and human behaviour, her works look for ways to translate the current matters and phenomena in the world. The title of the book and the exhibition, HORAIZON, refers to the phonetic pronunciation of the English word 'horizon', the boundary line on which the earth's surface and the sky seem to touch. The horizon, interpreted as 'boundary' or 'line', is equally perceptible in language, when reading between the lines, or when travelling between international borders. The contours of the land, trees or buildings, which contrast with the sky, but also the contours of shadows can be observed in many of the images in the exhibition. The works also suggest a longing for what lies behind the horizon and invite the viewer to make an imaginary journey. Exhibition: S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (19.09.2020.-17.01.2021).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium from September 19, 2020 - January 17, 2021