NO
END
Through her video camera, Petra Lindholm loves investigating and narrating different
moods. In her recent video called No End, the taxi ride of a young woman becomes
the time for an inner journey into herself. The film, which was shot in New
york City, starts by showing a handrail running trough the eyes of the main
character, who is sitting in a car. The camera then moves to the skyscrapers
and the streets of the city. As the artist explains, the voyage is the time
when our thoughts can develop freely and intensely. As a matter of fact, new
thoughts often need new scenarios. Thus, the broadening of the New York setting
becomes the source of a feeling of ”endlessness”. Just like the
forming and the vanishing of a cloud of breath through the woman´s breathing,
it brings to mind the continuity of the flow of life. This video fascinates
not so much for its narration, whose development is sometimes quite sketchy,
but for the account of feelings and moods that the soundtrack helps chase. The
artist usually writes the music and lyrics for her videos, where she sings as
well; in No End, on the contrary, the musical score was realised by Swedish
band The Ark.
Lorella Scacco, independent curator, Rome, Italy, 2005