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The Inuit story of »Skeleton Woman« by Clarissa Pinkola Estés is a central theme of my work. The story tells about self-love, life energy, our inherent self-healing powers and how we can reconnect with them. My installation is a self-portrait in which I am not physically present.

 

(Clarissa Pinkola Estés, »Skeleton Woman«, Women who runs with the wolves)

 

© Photos by Gert Krautbauer

 

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Time and space for retreat and tranquillity were needed for an identification

with, and an exploration of, the insight that a profound feeling of love and
the almost boundless trust in another person that goes along with it can be an attempt at liberation from a dark period in one’s life.

 

This space is represented by the artist as a »grotto« – a tomb could also

be inferred. Daytime and nighttime scenes show not only the lightness but also

the heaviness associated with this exploration. The two phases of this

exploration are presented through photographs of a grotto at day and night.

 

 

© Photos by Gert Krautbauer

Pigment Print on True Fibre Matt Paper

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