Daphne Rising

2018

mixed media

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I. Liquefaccio/Influunt: wax - melt (heat)

II. Impetresco/Abundantia: bread - decay (time, humidity)

III. Penetro/Fertilitatis: corn plastic bag, milk, acrylic paint, soil - pierce (knife, stabbing)

IV. Denusco/Revolvo: yarn - unwind (pull)

V. Incendio / Uanascere: laurel branches - burn (fire)

 

Daphne Rising is a meditation on body memory, trauma, and the subversion of taught and/or imposed behaviours and states through visual and tactile installations. Here the myth of Daphne and Apollo is a guiding narrative and image, and the use of the myth and its interpretation are informed by a psychoanalytical approach. These images serve as an assertion of the body as juice and matter, and of its interconnectedness with the world that surrounds it. It is also a declaration of independence, a reclaiming of the body and of the self from the holds of trauma and from those who may have inflicted it. 

To read the full Daphne Rising text click here

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Sculptures and destructions by Elisabeth J. Buchet-Deák

Photographs by Juliette Treillet​

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