Holding The Shadow While Calling Back The Light
2023
Ugly Duck (London)
DURATION:
20mins
MATERIALS:
Voice, Black sclera lenses, hand made mirrored bondage hood, black cotton t-shirt dress, tin bucket, sage, lighter fluid, matches, chrome cock cage, organic coconut oil, biodegradable silver glitter, brass hand bell, blue tint mirror ball spotlight.
ABOUT:
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”
“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.”
CREDITS:
Video & photographic documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. With thanks to Ash McNaughton, Mine Kaplangi, Ugly Duck, VSSL Studio & Queer Art Projects. Funded by Arts Council England.
DURATION:
20mins
MATERIALS:
Voice, Black sclera lenses, hand made mirrored bondage hood, black cotton t-shirt dress, tin bucket, sage, lighter fluid, matches, chrome cock cage, organic coconut oil, biodegradable silver glitter, brass hand bell, blue tint mirror ball spotlight.
ABOUT:
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”
“How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.”
― Carl Gustav Jung
CREDITS:
Video & photographic documentation by Baiba Sprance and Marco Berardi. With thanks to Ash McNaughton, Mine Kaplangi, Ugly Duck, VSSL Studio & Queer Art Projects. Funded by Arts Council England.
