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==''' | =='''Not All Who've Died Are Gone'''== | ||
'' | ''EssayArt Concept Text'' | ||
---- | The Essay-Piece Not All Who’ve Died Are Gone explores the academic, research based, Essay Format as a mean of artistic expression. The work reduces the artistic approach down to its conceptual idea - in an approach of creating Objectless-Art. In the piece the conceptual text and project research become the work itself. This is done in an attempt to strip the work of unnecessary abstraction - to implant the questions raised directly into the readers’ mind. | ||
Bringing together historical research and autobiographical and personal narratives, the piece speaks upon the topic of confronting and dealing with the unavoidable reality of dying. | |||
The importance of a discussion about death has gained new significance, in times of the European involvement in war and the COVID-19 pandemic. To introduce perspectives from different times and cultures into the contemporary discourse holds a great importance for questioning the current belief systems and the world view shaped through/by them. | |||
The theme of death is dealt with through the topic of the Rye Ergot Fungus from two different perspectives: On the one hand through the fungus’ historical influence on Europe as a deadly medieval plage and as an ancient therapeutic medicine for the body and the mind. On the other hand the topics is dealt with through the personal impact on the author himself, during his research. Experiments to recreate the deadly Ancient Greek ritual drug “Kykeon” wich uses the Ergot Alkaloid LSA, as an impacting substance on the human psyche. In this process of experience driven experiments the author was confronted with his own fear of dying. | |||
The essay uses the contrast of formal scientific language and poetic trance to mediate between “objectivity” and “subjectivity”, between reality and dream, between history and the present. | |||
[[File:story aspects - not all who've dies.jpg|800px]] | |||
''Collection: Drafts of story/research aspects (State of Jan. 9th)'' | |||
[[:File:Ergot EssayArtPiece - aspects.pdf]] | |||
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'''General Background of the Rye Ergot Fungus''' | |||
In the center of the work stands the ancient cult surrounding the elysian mysteries. A rebirth rituals dedicated to Demeter (Deity of grain and fertility) and Persephone (daughter of Demeter and forced bride to Hades) existing for almost 2000 years (1450 B.C - 300 A.C.) - which was central in the culture of the ancient Athenians. It was one of the few, if not the only ritual where no-one was excluded because of race, gender or social status. The only criteria was the ability to speak greek. | In the center of the work stands the ancient cult surrounding the elysian mysteries. A rebirth rituals dedicated to Demeter (Deity of grain and fertility) and Persephone (daughter of Demeter and forced bride to Hades) existing for almost 2000 years (1450 B.C - 300 A.C.) - which was central in the culture of the ancient Athenians. It was one of the few, if not the only ritual where no-one was excluded because of race, gender or social status. The only criteria was the ability to speak greek. | ||
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'''state of research/progress''''' | |||
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*[[A few thoughts on the terms “aesthetics” and “sustainability…]] | |||
*[[(7.Nov - Exp. #1) Extracting Ergin (LSA) from Ipomoea Tricolor using a simple CWE-Method]] | |||
*[[ Exp. #1 - Ingestion ('trip') report]] | |||