MARGARET LANSINK
BORDERS OF NOTHINGNESS _ ON THE MEND

Published by the(M) éditions and IBASHO, 2020
Book size 14 x 19 cm
Pages 96 pages + 50 photos
Hardcover
Limited edition of 330
Numbered
ISBN: 979-10-95424-17-8

In Borders of Nothingness , Dutch photographer Margaret Lansink (b. 1961) explores the transitional ambiguity of her adult daughter's decision to suspend all contact with her, photographing landscapes and naked women whose fleeting presence questions the same torments: is this the moment you left?

Over time, Lansink and his daughter reconnected in an attempt to mend their relationship. Lansink then revisited and reinterpreted Borders of Nothingness in a way that materially reflected their emotional efforts at healing.

Inspired by the Japanese method of repairing broken ceramics with gold leaf, she reassembles her images, tears them apart and then re-glues them with gold leaf to give hope to the possibility of recreating a bond that is all the stronger and more beautiful because it was once broken.

Katherine Oktober Matthews

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In Borders of Nothingness, the Dutch photographer Margaret Lansink (b.1961) explores the transitional ambiguity of her adult daughter's decision to cease all contact with her, photographing landscapes and naked women whose fleeting presence questions the same torments. : is this the moment when you left?

Over time, Lansink and his daughter reconnected in an attempt to mend their relationship. Lansink then revisited and reinterpreted Borders of Nothingness to materially reflect their emotional healing efforts.

Inspired by the Japanese method of repairing broken ceramics with gold leaf, she regroups her images, tears them up and then re-glues them with gold leaf to give hope to the possibility of recreating a bond of gold.

Katherine Oktober Matthews