Čiricaitė, Egidija: the melancholic sash Thousands of years ago ancient ancestors of Europeans said *melh- when they spoke of things that were dark, dirty or murky. In those thousands of years, the word got weathered, rippled and scattered into a dazzle of reflections — English “melancholy”, German “malen” (to paint), Latvian “mel̃ns” (black), Lithuanian “mėlynas” (blue) and the country name Moldova.
Here, I weave back those reflections. en., typewriter on tengucho kashmiri paper, stitched, 11.8 x 4.3 inch, num., sign., London, 2024 Request of availability backnext