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In listening to things, I encounter the silence within myself.
‘Collecting,’ ‘preserving,’ and ‘having an eye for what is unseen or discarded’ form the foundation of this practice.
At flea markets, thrift stores, and similar places, I pick up ‘things’ and archive them for various reasons that move me—whether it’s their design, the material itself, the inherent qualities of the substance, the meaning they carry or evoke in me, their history, or the way time has shaped them.
I don’t see myself as the ‘owner’ of these things; they ‘reside’ with me, perhaps temporarily, and help me to muse and reflect. I may process them into new ‘objects’ or leave them as they are. A potential work emerges from what the object whispers to me.
- Wim Nival
‘Collecting,’ ‘preserving,’ and ‘having an eye for what is unseen or discarded’ form the foundation of this practice.
At flea markets, thrift stores, and similar places, I pick up ‘things’ and archive them for various reasons that move me—whether it’s their design, the material itself, the inherent qualities of the substance, the meaning they carry or evoke in me, their history, or the way time has shaped them.
I don’t see myself as the ‘owner’ of these things; they ‘reside’ with me, perhaps temporarily, and help me to muse and reflect. I may process them into new ‘objects’ or leave them as they are. A potential work emerges from what the object whispers to me.
- Wim Nival
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