Vida, Athena
Detail WHITE FIRE MERGING, 2021.
(c) Mehdi Chouakri, Athena Vida
"Every living being, every object, organic and inorganic, is an ensouled electromagnetic transmitter conveying vibrations that feed into and co-create the morphic field. We vibrate with everything that surrounds us and in doing so, cocreate our reality. We take responsibility for our exchanges and shared experiences with the material world, the mirror and expression of spiritual movement. Born of time and space, objects and things are individual and collective memory, retainers of information and energy. Within them are both a kaleidoscope of meaning and traces of their experience. They are part of our identity, can act as a compass, as a barometer of feeling. They can transport us to the past or the future, appearing as a riddle, source or key. As representatives they carry burdens, can even unleash an entire universe with their presence, releasing it into timeless infinity."
The artwork gives rise to ever-reconfiguring symbols that speak and reveal themselves through the soulfulness of objects. They are activators of spiritual-emotional forces and bring about a transcultural fusion of symbols. Symbols unite all cultures. They are like a language, a cosmic communication that can be read as an expression of our human evolution.
INTRUEDUCTION (2022) reflects multidimensional sounds born out ofof a specific moment. It is a glass matrioshka whose exterior acts as an interior and vice versa. It is home to a variety of objects and materials that, together, form a translucent structure, one that unites with its surroundings by reflecting them. It is a magnifying glass and telescope into the microcosm’s macrocosm. A multi-resonant body, it produces an endless array of perspectives, opening gates to mutable realities.
Text: Athena Vida; englische Übersetzung. Amy Patton
"Every living being, every object, organic and inorganic, is an ensouled electromagnetic transmitter conveying vibrations that feed into and co-create the morphic field. We vibrate with everything that surrounds us and in doing so, cocreate our reality. We take responsibility for our exchanges and shared experiences with the material world, the mirror and expression of spiritual movement. Born of time and space, objects and things are individual and collective memory, retainers of information and energy. Within them are both a kaleidoscope of meaning and traces of their experience. They are part of our identity, can act as a compass, as a barometer of feeling. They can transport us to the past or the future, appearing as a riddle, source or key. As representatives they carry burdens, can even unleash an entire universe with their presence, releasing it into timeless infinity."
The artwork gives rise to ever-reconfiguring symbols that speak and reveal themselves through the soulfulness of objects. They are activators of spiritual-emotional forces and bring about a transcultural fusion of symbols. Symbols unite all cultures. They are like a language, a cosmic communication that can be read as an expression of our human evolution.
INTRUEDUCTION (2022) reflects multidimensional sounds born out ofof a specific moment. It is a glass matrioshka whose exterior acts as an interior and vice versa. It is home to a variety of objects and materials that, together, form a translucent structure, one that unites with its surroundings by reflecting them. It is a magnifying glass and telescope into the microcosm’s macrocosm. A multi-resonant body, it produces an endless array of perspectives, opening gates to mutable realities.
Text: Athena Vida; englische Übersetzung. Amy Patton