The installation was developed during an art symposium in Austria at the 29th edition of Kunst in der Natur Art Symposium.
This "moon cocoon," as I call it, is one of the works created as part of the research on the phases of the moon and lunar myths I am conducting in 2022/2023.
My intention was to create an intimate space that supports energy concentration and regeneration. The shape of the sphere seemed to me the most appropriate for this purpose; it refers to the basic form in nature, from the atom to the cell to the stars.
Constructed mainly of willow branches, it is reminiscent of the traditional dome-shaped structures of the sweat lodge, where ceremonies of purification, small death and symbolic rebirth take place. I wanted this "moon cocoon" too to be such a reminiscence of a space of reflection and renewal, like the womb of the Great Cosmic Mother, from which new life emerges.
I found a suitable place near the pond. I cleared the area leaving the willow tree planted there earlier. On the ground I marked out a perfect circle with a diameter of about 5m. On part of the surface I laid the excavated light-colored clay in the shape of a moon sickle, and covered the rest with black earth. Within the circle I dug a hole about 40 cm deep, in it were placed the ends of branches, tangled with string and weighted with stones. I cleaned the branches of leaves and formed them into a ball shape, using jute twine and braiding the branches themselves. In the center I placed a wooden platform. I dug the circle on the ground and filled it with small stones.
