Matilda Fender

Illuminated Poems Set in Landscapes Worldwide

Selected Works

Concept Studies

Poetry

Shakespeare

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none, illuminated sign in a red desert, gold lettering

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

Sossusvlei, Namibia · Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep, illuminated sign at sunset, cursive lettering

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep.”

Cabo Polonio, Uruguay · Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, illuminated ring sign over a pink coastal sunset, micro text

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

Chiloé, Chile · Shakespeare, The Tempest

All the world's a stage, illuminated sign traced along the cave floor, figure standing on the rocks

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.”

Ha Long Bay, Vietnam · Shakespeare, As You Like It

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Dante

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, illuminated sign along a mountain road

“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita.”

Supramonte, Sardinia, Italy · Dante, Inferno

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Homer

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Stoicism

Marcus Aurelius

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Seneca

We are more often frightened than hurt, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality, illuminated signs across a green hillside

“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.”

Eldhraun, Iceland · Seneca, Letters from a Stoic

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Epictetus

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it, illuminated sign strung across a pink dusk field, faint figure above

“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”

Milos, Greece · Epictetus, Discourses

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself, illuminated signs staggered up a wildflower hillside

“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”

Sete Cidades, Azores, Portugal · Epictetus, Discourses

First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do, illuminated sign strung along a ridge line at dusk

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii · Epictetus, Discourses

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Cato

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Viktor Frankl

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About

Matilda selects lines from the great poets of history and sets them as illuminated texts within landscapes.

She holds a First Class Honours MA in Italian and History of Art from the University of Edinburgh, and lives and works between Ibiza, Greece and Mexico.