Personal
Unconscious
Personal Unconscious ponders on the indivisible wholeness of beings.
As synthesized by psychoanalyst Carl Jung, the personal unconscious is “everything of which I know, but of which I am not at the moment thinking”. Faye Abantao explores the binding power of context over the mind; not the thinking/ feeling process itself, but the awareness behind them.
"e artist collects and deconstructs archival prints. She expands with a cluster of disciplines which includes origami, digital collage, printing and/or painting. Every transition, like consciousness, is developed slowly and laboriously:
To tear and fold.
Tear the mind-made clutter away so that only silence remains. Separate yourself from what “your” and “self” might mean. Recognize the twofold presence of content (experiences) and structure (concept of self). Only within the separation can a space for consciousness arise. It is a place from which all beginnings came to be. Only within that space will you encounter inner peace; unharmed by the past.
To make the same.
Identification comes from the Latin words “idem” (same) and “facere” (to make). To identify with others literally translates to finding one’s self in others rather than seeing their otherness exclusively. Somewhere in the sameness that links “my-self” is a room of profound calmness. It is a place where everything yet to unfold is kept. Only within that space will I encounter inner strength; unburdened by the future.
To become.
"The concept of detaching from one’s mind exists in all spiritual practices. Metanoia which is commonly understood as a “change of heart” translates more accurately to “beyond the mind”. To have thought, to have felt, to have done... "e sum of all such contents is a space where the personal unconscious rests. Spaciousness is found in the acceptance of its overwhelming totality. It is a place where we are now. Only within this space will we encounter inner joy; at home in the present.
—Text by Guenivere Decena, Curator
A Solo Exhibition
Orange Project, Bacolod City
September 2020
Light in Admission
3ft x 7ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2020
Light in Rebellion
3ft x 7ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2020
The Pain of Creating
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink, Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2020
Delirious Explanation
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink, Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2020
Fall of a Mad Artist
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink, Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2020
Where Have the Fragments of My Dream Gone?
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
I Want to Try Running, Just a Little Bit More
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
Still Wishing There Will Be Better Days
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
A Poem for Small Things
3ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2020
Inner Child
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Gouache on Paper, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper, Paper on Canvas
2020
Microcosm 1
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
Microcosm 2
4ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
Have to Go Insane to Stay Sane
2ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
Epiphany
2ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
Moving On
2ft x 3ft
Digital Collage, Printed Text on Acid Free Book Paper with Black Pigment ink, Pigment Ink Image Transfer on Folded Paper,
Paper on Canvas
2020
Withering Memories
12 Sqm. Collage on Wall Panels
2020