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On Faith Esther Wong
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1. Kurt Schwitters: Reconstructions of the Merzbau. Wilhelm Redemann, 1933
2. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Mike Nichols, 1966
On Faith
Esther Wong
Being Brought up in a religious household, it is customary to believe in God, despite a lack of evidence. The concept God holds in all the dimensions is sustained by belief.
Peter Bissegger’s reconstruction of Kurt Schwitters destroyed architectural project the Merzbaus, required a similar faith. The reconstruction, despite a lack of evidence of its back, or the many laminations of its construction, the prior versions and the promise of the original’s completion as something else entirely, remains valid.
In the film “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” directed by Mike Nicholes, the characters Martha and George acknowledge what is required to sustain the game and avoid the loss of their entirely imagined son.
I believe in God. The value of this concept opens up an opportunity within its ability to impose validity on illogicality because it holds value of its own, its material and immaterial potential - measured not in its completeness, but in the faithful who carry its weight without evidence.
