Can’t Talk About This

by SNODEN FILIMON

Working with the principal of suggesting meaning, as opposed to expressing a direct and certain version of truth, Cant Talk About This explores freedom of expression and destruction reduction of identity through being unable to speak, or be heard.
A woman speaks with authority on the reality for Zimbabweans, she claims to be close ‘to many of them.’ Her connections are illusions.
A man struggles with intimacy whilst stuck in his memory.
Newspaper headlines litter people’s heads whilst searching for a quiet place.

This montage piece is inspired by 4 years with Lena Josephson and Kompany Raandevo in Sweden, Snoden began developing this work using an improvisation technique called Lera,