my new piece for the art outreach "art of shopping" charity auction on 18th august 2013. a million thanks to shir ee for getting me aboard this uber-cool project, my amazingly supportive suppliers, michael & christophe for technical advice. more on the project in my previous post.
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| front |
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| under the curtain of yarn, the phoenix egg |
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| back view with cosmic ellipse |
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| close up of phoenix egg |
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| detail |
title: the phoenix egg
date: 2013
media: mixed media
dimensions: approx. 103 x 55 x 14cm
artist statement:
rebirth
prior lives & incarnations to be
a phoenix that lives on & on
such is the essence of the gawad kalinga bag -- a recycled object given fresh purpose
at this point, this purpose remains a potential
what creature will emerge after its gestation within this shell: bag or art object?
hence "the phoenix egg"
my intervention involves enveloping the bag in a multi-chromatic film, held together by bright red cords, dangling the possibility of dismantling the artwork & using the intact bag inside
i see the cords as filaments of phoenix feathers, flames incubating the phoenix egg, rivers of lava
the latter is homage to the bag's origins from the philippines, where constant volcanic activity generates destruction & creation, death & rebirth
incubating under this hot red curtain is my rendition of the phoenix egg, unto itself a whole universe waking up
on the other side, in plain view, is how i perceive the ordered chaos of creative possibilities: a sierpinski fractal pattern in a cosmic ellipse