Eyddos Sol Eastern Violets
Overall made of canvas, 100% cotton. It has a tone-on-tone front zip fastening, two on the front, a pocket on the left sleeve, and pockets on both sides at hip height. It has long sleeves and adjustable cuffs. The bottom part has a conventional length. The fit is regular and creates a silhouette that highlights the body shape. This piece is unique due to its hand- painted intervention X the artist Catarina Spinetta during the Live Painting session in José Ignacio- Uruguay to Elements- Agua "Support in combat is needed" Exhibition
EXHIBITION ELEMENTS
The four elements, Water, Air, Earth, and Fire, are born from the contemplation of time and its rhythm, from taking in everything around us. We find answers by observing nature, and not wanting to control it.
It is through alchemy that we connect with the primordial, the very basis of our existence. This philosophical discipline incorporates notions of chemistry, physics, astrology, spiritualism and art.
The theory is ancient, forming part of Chinese culture in the 2nd millennium BCE. It was the alchemists who spoke of four elements in relation to creation. The quintessence, recognized by Plato, is Ether, which, according to Greek mythology, was the pure essence breathed by the gods.
From these elements, cycles of creation or destruction are created, on which survival depends. Air for breathing, water for drinking, fire for warming, and earth for sustenance. If any of these four is missing, the balance and cycle are broken, resulting in death.
Alchemists of the Middle Ages regarded the elements earth and water as symbols of the feminine, and air and fire as masculine.
This idea has been reformulated through Eyddos, which break free from dichotomies. We live on human beings in constant evolution and transformation. We focus on the quintessence, the fifth element, Ether, proposed by the Greeks as uniting the rest, and capable of producing fundamental alterations in the other four elements
EXHIBITION ELEMENTS: WATER
Water is the most abundant component of our world. It is highly compatible in its many forms. It can hide itself as mist and it has the power to imprison as a colossal wave.
“...It is of great help when support in combat is needed…”
It is the most adaptable source of life, and that which dilutes. Pure, and in its depths the darkest. United to the Earth, it can give birth to new lives.
In terms of psychology, alchemists link Water with desire. For them, there is a deep relationship between Water and Mercury.
“...Between finding our essence and building a new one, we choose a third path: looking inward, deconstructing and transforming our identity while in constant movement. We understand that this is the way to exist in the world today…”
SOL ALAC 2017
