Ophelia’s wreath [Abysses]
2008
photography
Ophelia accidentally falls in the water while making garlands and then simply neglects to save herself from sinking. Until her clothes, trapping air, allows her to temporarily stay afloat, she lays in the water singing “as one incapable of her own distress, or like a creature native and indued unto that element” (Shakespeare, Hamlet).
Ofelia cade nell’acqua mentre raccoglie fiori per farne ghirlande. Non prova a salvarsi. Finché le sue vesti non s’intridono d’acqua e la trascinano giù, rimane a galla canticchiando “come incosciente della sua sciagura o come una creatura d’altro regno e familiare con quell’elemento” (Shakespeare, Amleto).
