WANDERERS ABOVE THE SEA
worldwide
2018 - 2024
Wanderers Above the Sea is a project about wandering around, both in awe with life and through oceans of unease and uncertainty, looking outwardly for what’s inward. It’s a project which came out of my fascination with the way we perceive ourselves and how we show it to others - online in general, and on dating apps in particular. To me, this speaks a lot about our own inner world - humankind’s most inner needs and wishes.
This collection consists of hundreds of Tinder screenshots touching on our human condition. They show both our precious existence in this fascinating world - the preciousness of being alive,
and
the unbearable subtle unease that pervades us - the pain of being alive, when we’re constantly looking for something better and more pleasurable underneath all thoughts and words and actions, in all beings and doings...
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Each of these images can take us straight inside our own nature, deep inside, to look at what’s in there, totally naked. It’s a journey of looking at our individual experiences and discovering that we are not alone in this world, but that everyone else is on the same journey as well. And when we understand that, we know that all of us is just one of us*, and this comes with a new kind of responsibility about our own lives, with an open heart and peace of mind.
*(one of us reference to Mahatma Gandhi explaining the meaning of “namaste”: "I honour the place in you where the entire universe resides. I honour the place in you of light, love, truth, peace and wisdom. I honour the place in you where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.")
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worldwide
2018 - 2024
Wanderers Above the Sea is a project about wandering around, both in awe with life and through oceans of unease and uncertainty, looking outwardly for what’s inward. It’s a project which came out of my fascination with the way we perceive ourselves and how we show it to others - online in general, and on dating apps in particular. To me, this speaks a lot about our own inner world - humankind’s most inner needs and wishes.
This collection consists of hundreds of Tinder screenshots touching on our human condition. They show both our precious existence in this fascinating world - the preciousness of being alive,
and
the unbearable subtle unease that pervades us - the pain of being alive, when we’re constantly looking for something better and more pleasurable underneath all thoughts and words and actions, in all beings and doings...
Each of these images can take us straight inside our own nature, deep inside, to look at what’s in there, totally naked. It’s a journey of looking at our individual experiences and discovering that we are not alone in this world, but that everyone else is on the same journey as well. And when we understand that, we know that all of us is just one of us*, and this comes with a new kind of responsibility about our own lives, with an open heart and peace of mind.
*(one of us reference to Mahatma Gandhi explaining the meaning of “namaste”: "I honour the place in you where the entire universe resides. I honour the place in you of light, love, truth, peace and wisdom. I honour the place in you where, when you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.")
