LIMITS OF PARADISE -video dispositiv-
Excerpt of the text published in the exhibition catalogue
NG' s approach to life
If I were to summarize NG’s project in a few words, I would have to say that she strives for freedom. While undoubtedly much more than just an art project, it is nonetheless a magnificent artistic undertaking. It is really the only worthwhile project. As such, it is a life project entailing major life decisions.(-----)
Three fundamental breaches. Freeing yourself from the symbolic logic of capital (not having a name), freeing yourself from comfort and routines (not having a home) and freeing yourself from the servitude of the wage labourer (not having a job). So many radical gestures entailing difficult decisions. Not having a family, for example. But above all, these acts require the invention of a new personal economy. NG isn’t struggling for a universal revolution, but rather embraces an unmitigated relationship with the immediate, without claiming to show the way or set an example. To live free, NG must live on the edge. She explores boundaries and limits: of her abilities (mountain climbing), of her endurance (fasting), of shared living (residences). To live freely, she must concoct and develop survival strategies. “Your house is my home”, “Limits of Paradise”: strategies rather than works of art. Documenting experience. (---)
NG is inventing a radically new form of nomadism.In an era of digital
globalization, she embodies a different approach to life. Hers is the inverse of tourism, vacations and hustling: It is a poetic approach to the world.
Maria Wutz, Shanghai, 04/2011
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