The Narrative of Inadequacy
The Narrative of Inadequacy
The Narrative of Inadequacy
The Narrative of Inadequacy: Istanbul
With their backs turned away from the camera to offer anonymity and to optimize a contemplative state, subjects of this video art-installations replied to an open call and spoke freely about a specific episode of inadequacy.
The Narrative of Inadequacy aims to recover the value of experiences gone awry and highlights the edifying value of organizing these musings into a narrative whole.
When I set out to shoot the first segment of this project in New York here’s what I offered as a synopsis to my subjects:
"A friend recently asked me “where is the sublime of failure?’ The Narrative of Inadequacy delves into the unpredictability of physical intimacy, an experience that antagonizes much of our social interactions and beckons us to wrangle with that part of ourselves which remains immune to cognitive organization."
I gathered accounts of moments where intimacy and the feeling of inadequacy intercepted. After New York, I collected similar statements in Istanbul, through an open call. These cities yielded vastly different and culturally charged notions of inadequacy. It became clear that specific locus and cultural mores thoroughly informs our notions of inadequacy.
The Narrative of Inadequacy aims to recover the value of experiences gone awry and highlights the edifying value of organizing these musings into a narrative whole.
When I set out to shoot the first segment of this project in New York here’s what I offered as a synopsis to my subjects:
"A friend recently asked me “where is the sublime of failure?’ The Narrative of Inadequacy delves into the unpredictability of physical intimacy, an experience that antagonizes much of our social interactions and beckons us to wrangle with that part of ourselves which remains immune to cognitive organization."
I gathered accounts of moments where intimacy and the feeling of inadequacy intercepted. After New York, I collected similar statements in Istanbul, through an open call. These cities yielded vastly different and culturally charged notions of inadequacy. It became clear that specific locus and cultural mores thoroughly informs our notions of inadequacy.
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