'View From Here'

“I’m feeling OK, but I am conscious that I have been very, very unproductive… With my work and that trying to concentrate on in-depth reading and critical analysis, has been very very difficult” In sight, there is nothing significant,

“I’ve been working 12 hour days to design, plan and implement the training” Distorted passage of time, “Its not just me, me, me”

A silhouetted roofscape,

dusk approaching, and a collective experience,

“All too easy to revert back to old habits”

But what is heard, is the current significance.

Rebecca Chesney presents “View From Here” for Digital U: Extreme Views Pt. 2 exhibition series, exploring collisions of art and environment.

A moving image piece, accompanied with stories, voices and languages – Stitching together distinct perspectives. A slow paced view from her own window, which I thought was cleverly done in contrast against the ongoing dialogue of thoughts and feelings from women all over the world, which have been exposed in response to the question, “How are you?”; a rather simple question, which has revealed the complications of peoples lives and undoubtedly unveils the brutal reality in which the current state of affairs has widely impacted people in different ways.

“All recorded in April 2020, these brief soundbites in different languages reveal personal thoughts, observations and concerns. Love, loss and sadness, isolation and loneliness are all mentioned, alongside expressions of thankfulness and hope.” Rebecca Chesney

Coming across this piece was an interesting insight, and I suppose the irony of the situation made it even more engaging (in a way which amused me), having watched this from my laptop screen whilst having the view out of my bedroom window in my peripheral vision; Chesney’s work had me reflecting on my own experience of having to adapt to these circumstances, but bringing an overall awareness of how we are all adjusting to a new way of living, and feeling like we are in a world which has ‘stopped’.