ARRYN SNOWBALL
Wind Sequence No.1
Photographic print, 85 x 126 cm, 2014
UQ Art Museum
Wind Sequence No.2
Photographic print, 85 x 126 cm, 2014
Wind Sequence No.3
Photographic print, 85 x 126 cm, 2014
Wind Sequence No.4
Photographic print, 85 x 126 cm, 2014
Wind Sequence No.5
Photographic print, 85 x 126 cm, 2014
de
scribe the light
to itself as itself
without look
ing.
h
ow langu
age behave
s when it's no
t there when it's
not langu
age.
how
to punish
the fleeting
with unsalted
perman
ence.
to pin
ch the abstr
act between dis
located fing
ers.
the
square ro
ot of indecisi
on is the squar
e root of ch
ance.
to e
ducate dist
ance to disap
pear without t
ravel.
64
corners sw
allow the invert
ed bodies of co-pi
lots without he
ads.
burn
ing eyelids
as a source of fu
el.
you
can't see t
he black tong
ues bombin
g silenc
e with f
ull st
ops.
an
other sp
ecies of windo
w to mock
the blin
d.
the sa
me meth
od is used w
hen performi
ng skin gra
fts on gra
vity.
fla
tten the o
bject to infl
ate yours
elf.
anot
her flag to
mark this dea
th camp f
or theo
ry.
d
rain all surf
aces of all me
aning to prep
are all mean
ing for al
l surf
aces.
do
not tell t
he painter h
e's made a me
mo pad for g
od.
as
a way
as a way
as a way o
f falling into
our hands wit
hout time w
ithout fall
ing.
an object may undo itself
after Wind Sequence (16 seconds) no.1 by Arryn Snowball
By Nathan Shepherdson
Written 02.09.15 in response to Arryn Snowball’s Wind sequence (16 seconds) no. 1, as a commission from Brisbane Writers Festival in response to the Light Play exhibition at UQ Art Museum.