THE
SACRED FEMININE AND MASCULINE
Panels
In this installation I have created 14 large (183 X 61 cm) mixed
media photo-transfers on canvas to be mounted on stretchers.
Half of the photographs would be of the seven stages of
womanhood representing the cycle of life and death: birth,
innocence, teen, maiden, motherhood, grandmother, and elder.
In these life size figurative photographs I will incorporate a
series of symbols relating to each stage of womanhood and
manhood in Photoshop. The second half of the project is to
create photos equally for the seven stages of manhood.
This work is to be hung in a long narrow gallery space, with a
masculine on one wall and feminine on the opposing wall. Both
feminine and masculine groups will face each other, juxtaposing
the yin and the yang, Venus and Mars and illustrating the
duality of our species and the cycle of life.
Digital Projections
1. Wall sections above seven figures: Here are
projections of long boats above the figures to suggest a ship.
This vessel represents the journey and carrier of life with the
various stages of the boats birth, life and death projected in
sequence.
2. Front white wall: On this surface I have illustrated
the life cycle of an oak tree; seedlings (birth), the sprout
from the seed (innocence) a young seven inch tree (teen) the
sapling (maiden and young man) a maturing oak producing seeds
(motherhood and fatherhood), the mature oak (grandmother and
grandfather) an old oak that has reached the end of its journey
and is ready to go back to the earth from where it came as
organic matter (elder).
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3.
The Floor:
Has moving water behind mandalas, labyrinths, Celtic and Viking
shields. The background water element represents the carrier of
life and supporter of the vessel, it links both feminine and
masculine and becomes the giver of life.
4.
The Ceiling: Has
a projection of the night sky with Northern Hemisphere
constellations. This represents the heavenly map used to guide
travelers and sailors to their destinations.
Further
possibilities
Performance
1.
I would like to collaborate with a male and female storytellers,
with the aim to explore these different stations in the life
cycle. Through storytelling each station could be personified
through mythological imagery.
2.I
will also interview each individual subjects after they
have experienced the installation. Each subject experience will
be recorded as a living record of their station in the life
cycle. The individual would be asked a series of questions
around physical, emotional, ceremonial & spiritual growth.
Also how they are perceived by society in their current stage of
life. These recorded stories will be on loops and activated by
motion sensors or buttons near the photographs. The Birth
station will depicted through sounds as opposed to language.
Music
I
would also like to incorporate environmental sound-scapes from
nature that ‘underscore’ the voices and music. These
will reflect the environment that will be created in the space.
Also Hip Hop artist Goodvibes will be available for live
performances.
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