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Suspiria de Profundis
Matte Dixon
Series description

Suspiria de Profundis engages Jean-Paul Sartre’s proposition that meaning arises from nothingness, requiring meaning to be formed through experiences. The tactile, analogue nature of this series guides the viewer towards a deeper, more intuitive encounter with their own existential orientation. Perhaps, this may even tune the audiences towards a shared understanding of spaces and places in time. The images in Suspiria de Profundis evoke relic-like atmospheres and gothic unease, inviting sustained reflection on the human condition.

Forest
Forest
Horse
Horse
Crucifix
Crucifix
Mangroves
Mangroves
Branch
Branch
Birds
Birds
Headstone
Headstone