ABLUTIONS (NUDE FOR MARY)
2021
video performance
Rosenburg-Mold, Austria
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Water was crucial during this march. I didn't eat much but had to drink. I usually found some kind of spring or tap on the trail where I could refill my thermos, twice I asked people I met for it. Water also allowed to wash away the hardship of the trek, refresh and regenerate the body. And even refresh clothes, which dried quickly on the body, in the heat of the day.
The spring in Mold I come across "from behind" walking along the forest trail. The place, although colonized and by Catholic invaders, retained the charm of pagan sanctity. Behind the spring is an altar, with a statue of Mary behind bars. In her gaze I recognize the Great Mother, an ancient female deity, which, despite strenuous efforts, the religious imperialists have not managed to completely remove; the cult of the Great Mother has been preserved under the form of Mary worship, at least in Catholicism.
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It is morning and there are no people around, the shade of the tall trees gives solace and from their crowns come the joyful singing of birds. To the glory of the Great Mother, the life-giving Water, I take off my clothes to worship the elements and life itself in a pagan spirit! This is a moment of reward and exaltation, I want to experience it with my whole self, with my whole body, which is the gateway of dimensions! I wash my body with the right intention, a personal ritual, to strengthen the connection with Oneness.
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