P015 → Where Is This Cosmos That Lies Behind My Eyes (2020) by Nishta Gupta


ARTIST STATEMENT
This video artwork captures the sensation of experiencing the world through closed eyelids, where colour, noise, and light are still visible. It was inspired by my childhood experiences of falling asleep in the car, drifting between states of consciousness and sleep; a transience that is at once blissful and nostalgic.



DESCRIPTION:
 A close-up video of a blinking human eye. This is gradually interspersed with videos of the countryside, taken from the window of a moving car. This transitions to black interspersed with dappled circles of light, like what you see if you close your eyes. The dappled shards of light continue as we see vertical blinds rippling in the wind against a blue cloudy sky. Various distorted images move across the lens and we eventually arrive at some clear crumpled plastic moving around in the light. The plastic is then overlaid on the video of the blinking eye.