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Title: Nina Arsenault 40 Days and 40 Nights: Working Towards a Spiritual Experience
Post by: Shana A on August 11, 2012, 08:40:18 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 11, 2012, 08:40:18 AM
Nina Arsenault
40 Days and 40 Nights: Working Towards a Spiritual Experience
http://summerworks.ca/2012/portfolio/nina-arsenault/ (http://summerworks.ca/2012/portfolio/nina-arsenault/)
What happens when a performance artist — who belongs to no religious denomination — carries out these actions with regimented discipline for a significant uninterrupted duration? Will faith manifest in the body of the performer? Can consciously changing one's state of being set a spiritual experience into motion? If so, what does that feel like?
In the first 29 days of this performance (closed to the public) Nina spent 4 days in isolation in total darkness, 5 days fasting and 3 days without sleep. Inside heightened emotional states she rendered drawings in charcoal and began to design an elaborate decadent cloister for 40 Days + 40 Nights.
She also gave up Facebook, sex, and financial support from her "sugar-daddy."
40 Days and 40 Nights: Working Towards a Spiritual Experience
http://summerworks.ca/2012/portfolio/nina-arsenault/ (http://summerworks.ca/2012/portfolio/nina-arsenault/)
What happens when a performance artist — who belongs to no religious denomination — carries out these actions with regimented discipline for a significant uninterrupted duration? Will faith manifest in the body of the performer? Can consciously changing one's state of being set a spiritual experience into motion? If so, what does that feel like?
In the first 29 days of this performance (closed to the public) Nina spent 4 days in isolation in total darkness, 5 days fasting and 3 days without sleep. Inside heightened emotional states she rendered drawings in charcoal and began to design an elaborate decadent cloister for 40 Days + 40 Nights.
She also gave up Facebook, sex, and financial support from her "sugar-daddy."