- England has a Minister of Loneliness. Japan has “Chatty Benches,” where people sit to talk to strangers. Sweden has Libraries of Things, where people gather to exchange objects and experiences. Loneliness is as bad for your health as drinking six alcoholic beverages a day, or smoking 15 cigarettes.
- What could a vision do to bring people together?
- What is the value of a secret vision? An image that one must seek out? To look through a narrow window in the corner of a stairwell? To peer through a vent into an air shaft?
- What is the experience of a vision that is gently evoked in an unexpected place? A skybridge that's shrouded in stars, clouds, nature.
- The most intriguing visual may be that which you cannot see. You see the world, but one part is hidden, evaporated. You want to know what's missing.
- The viewer becomes complicit.
- To be involved in a visual narrative mystery.
- To project negative space.
Photo by Ralph Gibson.