| 01/12/2006 | Museums & Exhibits | Portugal |
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Hysteria Siberiana
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| Posted by Fernanda Pereira | |
  Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art is pleased to present a group exhibition "Hysteria Siberiana" Curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler. “Have you heard about the illness hysteria siberiana? it affects farmers staying in Siberia. Try to imagine this. You're a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plough your fields. As far as the eye can see, nothing. To the north, the horizon, to the east, the horizon, to the south, to the west, more of the same. Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When its directly over head, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep. (..) Day after day you watch the sun rise in the east, pass across the sky, then sink in the west, and something breaks inside you and dies. You throw your plough aside and, your head completely empty of thought, you begin walking toward the west. Heading toward a land that lies west of the sun. Like someone possessed, you walk on, day after day, not eating or drinking, until you collapse on the ground and die. That's hysteria siberiana." (Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun) ________________________________ Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art Rua Santo António à Estrela, 33 1350-291 Lisboa Portugal T +[351 > 213 959 559 F +[351 > 213 959 567 galeria@cristinaguerra.com www.cristinaguerra.com |