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LO SCHERMO DELL'ARTE 2020: SELECTED READINGS, Spotlight

24 February 2020, 1:00 pm CET

Jordan Wolfson TRUTH / LIE / MEDITATION / SUBCONSCIOUS by Gea Politi

by Gea Politi February 24, 2020

Originally published in Flash Art International no. 329 February-March 2020

There are parts of our minds in which truth and falsehood are the same. Sometimes they merge and become another kind of truth — a reality that lives within us, which we may then try to freeze, explore, and expand upon. From there a new subconscious process is born.

Sometimes I believe I’ve killed someone and no one has ever found out. The experience of violence manifests in very specific moments in our lives, and when it does arrive. The artist’s voice-over, which you won’t be able to hear, ramps up the psychological pathos. The subtle and masked violence in the soundtrack, once eliminated, unexpectedly turns the story into a visual and moral comfort zone. This is the power of words; this is the power of images; but, mainly, this is the power of the mind.

Jordan Wolfson, “ARTISTS FRIENDS RACISTS”, is on view at Sadie Coles HQ, London until February 29, 2020 and will be on view at David Zwirner, Paris from February 6 through March 21, 2020.

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