Saturday 19 December 2015

States of Mind by Ann Veronica Janssens Exhibition


Photograph: Thomas SG Farnetti/Wellcome Images



This exhibition really wasn't what i was expecting, when i walked in. I could just about see my hands and feet, but only coloured mist in front of me. It was some what kind of calming walking around, but also it felt like you were also tripping a bit. Its a weird concept for the mind and body to get used to because you are in a room where you can't see whats in front of you or behind you and you have to try not to lose you friend otherwise you will just be wondering around walking in to walls trying to find them again.

I really liked the experience of not knowing where i was walking, i walked into a few people now and again but it felt like i was in the coloured misted room all by myself and that i was experiencing it alone and i liked that thought more than sharing it with other people. But I'm glad it was a shared experience because in reality, i wouldn't have been able to find my way out, and after 15 minutes of being amongst the coloured mist, i really had enough and wanted to get out. 



Video: Maxene Brown

I thought this experience was like walking into a coloured cloud, nothing felt real, it was a new and scary experience of not knowing whats in front of you (for example a wall that i walked into a lot of times). But it was calming, i didn't feel heavy, it made me feel light as i was amongst the clouds. It was a very weird and unexplainable feeling!

Also another funny thing was everyone (including me) wanted to record and take photos of the experience but the photos came out as either pure solid colour or some had an outline of a person in front. But it shows how literally you couldn't see anything in front of you. 

The colours changed from pink to blue to green to yellow, gold, white. It was one of the best experiences i have had and i definitely recommend it to everyone!

 

Photographs: Maxene Brown

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