Distance vs. Proximity

Distance --> causes forms to appear stable;

Proximity --> reveals the elements of danger

There is a tension between "distance" and "proximity", which permits the viewer to make the leap from a perceptual experience to its applicability as a metaphor for cultural relations within a broader social framework.


Full text: BEHIND THE SCENES: An Interview with Mona Hatoum (downloadable from http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2003/mona_hatoum_interv.html)