Mountains as far as the eye can see...
2020
Mountains as Far as the Eye Can See… is an installation consisting of four engraved glass sheets and two spherical slide holders containing landscape photographs.
Light functions as the central connecting element. Shadows cast by the engraved text recall both the weight of the past and a mother’s longing for home.
The quotes are taken from letters written by Kersti Samm’s mother, who was deported to Siberia with her five-year-old daughter. Her words describe landscapes that are both real and remembered, filtered through distance, longing, and loss:
“The new moon lights up the silent and ominous silhouettes of the mountains.
Mountains, mountains as far as the eye can see — to the south and north, west and east.”
Light functions as the central connecting element. Shadows cast by the engraved text recall both the weight of the past and a mother’s longing for home.
The quotes are taken from letters written by Kersti Samm’s mother, who was deported to Siberia with her five-year-old daughter. Her words describe landscapes that are both real and remembered, filtered through distance, longing, and loss:
“The new moon lights up the silent and ominous silhouettes of the mountains.
Mountains, mountains as far as the eye can see — to the south and north, west and east.”
