Dear Æneas
Installation as part of the NEOS 2010 event " treasure" at Ardo House .
“words ,when strung together in an evocative sequence, can transcend both culture and time,
Love letters, symbols of lovers apart: treasure, bound with red ribbon, words, hoarded away, to provide warmth when a cold wind begins to blow in the soul. (Moira Third 2010)
The birch enclosure which almost forms a natural amphitheatre appeared to be the most appropriate site: The stitching on the ribbon relates Dido’s Lament from Henry Purcell’s tragic opera Dido and Ǽneas, inspired by Virgil’s epic Latin poem Ǽneid.
"When I am laid, laid in earth, may my wrongs create
no trouble, no trouble in thy breast.
Remember me, remember me but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me but ah! forget my fate"
Henry Purcell (Circa 1688)
"When I am laid, laid in earth, may my wrongs create
no trouble, no trouble in thy breast.
Remember me, remember me but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me but ah! forget my fate"
Henry Purcell (Circa 1688)