Sand, Salt, Water, Chapter III
The Missing Giant
Sand, Salt, Water by Ramin Aryaie, Chapter III
I breathe in, fill my lungs with salty air, and breathe out deeply. In front of me a paradoxical mirror of water stretches to the horizon. I know it's tiny, yet it seems endless. We stand on red and beige rocks, with the occasional drifts into orange and a soft, greyish blue. On the one hand the silvery sea extends to the horizon, on the other hand an endless stream of cars and trucks passing rumbling.
The boulders lie one above the other as if a giant had once parked them here for a while, with the intention of collecting them later. But he never came back. Looking at the corpse of a once much larger lake, the name takes on a whole new meaning. Dead Sea.
White cristals are scattered across the rough, colorful surfaces that form dancing patterns.
Families sit on blankets, their cars parked next to them, on the edge, overlooking the endless ripples of the surface. Eating, laughing, praying. The young people play with a soccer ball; in the background, the blue.
Traveller/s
Ramin Aryaie
Experimental visual artist, web designer and film maker
Ramin Aryaie is a german-iranian experimental visual artist, web designer and film maker. His works interweave a variety of mediums and artistic approaches including photography, writing, film, sound, and design.
He explores the material world through journalistic web hybrids, images and books and the human soul through abstract films, AV performances and installations.
He is the founder of VOIIAGE and co-founder of the Liva Collective as well as a member of Justin Vernon's PEOPLE collective. He has worked and collaborated with artists such as Damien Rice, Justin Vernon, Vincent Moon and s t a r g a z e.
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