the nothing and the everything
It's like living in the middle of the ocean,
With no future, no past,
And everything that's good right now,
Well, I don't wish for it to last.
I'll step through brilliant shades,
Every color you bring,
This time, this time, this time,
Is fine just as it is.
And today’s whatever I want it to mean…
Beth Orton
from “Central Reservation”
All © Jim Vecchi.
These photographs were made while I was on an artist residency in New Zealand from January to March of 2005. Being given the gift of 3 months time to simply be an artist, I decided to use these 3 months to simply be. I attempted to stop and be present to each moment, hoping that this might point me towards some form of transcendence. To assist in this pursuit, I gave myself permission to make photographs only if I truly felt moved to do so. Free of the obligation to make even a single image, I made nearly 4000.
There are 2 distinct versions of the nothing and the everything, each a different edit and form of presentation. The majority of images are viewed in only one version or the other. One version contains 150 still photographs. The other edit is a Quicktime movie containing 126 images sequenced to music.
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