This installation consolidates Araya’s thematic interests from throughout her career in an attempt to extract “the inseparable entanglement of things/lives/subjects”. Negotiating the expanse of time between life and death, consumption presents itself as a dominant theme within the work – ethe artist explored throughs the metaphysics of eating, femininity, the animal gaze, sexuality, and gender stereotypes, . in order to address the question that is also the title of the work: “How can one live with nothingness in the contexts of the world and art?” Projections on four linen screens lead up to a projection onto a bed. The fabrics shimmer with movement, and the ethereal presentation of theThe presentation of the video works echo the transient nature of our existence while also blurring the borders between art and life. In this installation, Araya has woven together various stories into a cohesive experience. Almost akin to a surrealistic dream, she invites audiences to ponder with her the karmic consequences of being entrapped within the Sisyphean cycle of existence.
