Going Nowhere 2
Simon Faithfull
Going Nowhere 2 fits into Simon Faithfull's oeuvre like a missing link. After directing the beholder's gaze to our planet from the edge of the earth's atmosphere in Escape Vehicle no.6 and redefining the concept of distance in his long journey to the South Pole, he now turns to the uninhabitable sea bed as an undeveloped territory waiting to be explored.
Of the three extreme geographical locations, the sea floor may well be the least accessible to humankind since it turns upside down nearly all the conditions we require for life - breathing, gravity, movement, sight and sound. Nothing is the way it is on earth, and for a simple expedition designed to last longer than a minute, we require any amount of auxiliary equipment. Yet none of that is evident in Going Nowhere 2, neither oxygen bottles nor diving suits. Instead someone is simply walking along the seabed as though it was quite normal.
2012
238 pages, softcover, 190 x 190 mm
978-1-907829-03-1
Edition of 100, numbered & signed