Communicating with the Forces I and II

2010 - Communicating with the forces I,2010 Asmat costume, zippers, photographs Communicating with the forces II, 2010 Chains, stainless steel, video

I am interested in animism and how it still plays an important role in temporary life. Although we live in a rational world, humans still act in belief and faith; deities are inhabiting trees, objects etc. People create ways of communicating with these forces, it is embedded in religous practices as well as in secular societies. In ‘Communicating with the Forces I and II’, the dresses engender an encounter between the body and the environment.