Barbara Peikert

"1000 O" explores the boundaries between perception and imagination, and how, in many cases today, reality exceeds fiction and fiction becomes reality.

The navel and umbilical cord are the embodied parts and heart of the protagonist. They appear in the background to create an approximation of the main fictional character. Dialogue bubbles then transform the scenes into an interior perspective.

Looking at one's own navel is not physically addictive; the feelings are no longer there. The idea recalls food in amniotic fluid and babies' bellies, connected to the navel.

The navel and cord underline the natural dependence between fetus and adult, as if stretching infinitely and everywhere, beyond the initial needs before birth. Humans oscillate between castration anxiety and emotional satisfaction, distrusting eternal reminders of thirst and glorifying automatic feeding. Human pain and misery can thus be reinterpreted, offering a range of emotions about origins and separations.
Barbara Peikert

"The vulnerable part of our memory has the power to remind us that our own loneliness and fears are worth talking about."
Barbara Peikert

"The idea of the mystery and secrets of the oceans could be that the unknown still has amazing and terrifying origins."
Barbara Peikert