I want this stay in Aberystwyth to be based on what
appears to be real out here. On the internet I have seen photographs of animals
that I did not encounter here. I did see them taxidermied at the museum of
curiosities. For me that will be the reality I allow to intrude into my work.
I have made photographs of the ruin that is supposed to
be a castle. I will not look at what it was supposed to be like before. It is
the reality of the remains that makes my work. The impression I have by seeing
these paraphernalia.
Thus I am painting a plastic horse I have encountered in
the museum. I am painting a remembrance garden I have seen near the church. I
have painted plastic flowers that were sold in the flower shop.
This way Aberystwyth will be both my reality as it is
real to its inhabitants. It will tell both my story and theirs. This
combination makes it a surreal and contemplative installation called Imperium
Ingrid Schildermans.
Ingrid Schildermans, December 2012
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