Ksenia Ilina

……As time passed, the denizens of the kingdom revelled in the spontaneity of their existence, relishing every unexpected twist and turn that came their way. A sense of liberation and exhilaration pervaded their lives.


Yet, one fateful day, the kingdom was ensnared in a state of stagnation. The rivers ceased to meander, the trees ceased to burgeon, and the seasons failed to revolve. Bewildered and apprehensive, the people were at a loss. Their lives had been so inextricably tied to the fluidity of their world that they were at a loss as to how to proceed in its absence.


Days gave way to weeks, and weeks surrendered to months. The land remained in a state of suspended animation, and the people began to slip into a trance-like state. Neither joyful nor sorrowful, neither awake nor asleep, they found themselves straddling the threshold of consciousness.


limbo
single channel video, 4’10, sound
2021 - 2022


Yet, with the passage of time, they learned to embrace the stillness, to be receptive to the inscrutable forces of the cosmos. They learned to extract pleasure and beauty from the lull in their existence, to embrace the pause, and to imbibe the stillness.