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When was the last time you were in nature? What did you see? What did you hear? How did you feel? Margot Domart’s (1993) painting Resonant Memory (2025) invites Prospects visitors to contemplate their relationship with nature. Instead of depicting explicit landscapes or natural phenomena, she does this by means of an abstract composition that evokes associations with the natural world through colours and organic shapes.
Domart searches for ways to translate abstract, immaterial things like energy and resonance into a visual language. Instead of using a paint brush, she uses an airbrush, an air-operated spray painting device. According to her, the artist’s personal brushstroke obstructs a direct connection with the image. Rather than expressing her own emotions through her paintings, she is interested in evoking a sensory experience in the spectator.
In addition to paintings, Domart also creates audio art. ‘Listening’ is a central concept in her artistic practice – even in her non-auditory works. Among other things she finds inspiration in the experimental composer Pauline Oliveros’ concept of Deep Listening: a method of opening your mind to focus on everyday sounds, natural sounds, and even your own thoughts. Domart gives this concept her own, holistic interpretation, extending the idea of listening beyond sound. One can ‘listen’ to visual sensations such as the wind blowing through tree branches or clouds drifting by – akin to Slow Viewing. Likewise, one can listen to mental imagery, such as daydreams. She believes that by listening attentively, one can feel a deeper connection with oneself and the surrounding world.
Text: Sarah van Binsbergen
Translated from Dutch by Marie Louise Schoondergang (The Art of Translation)