| GLOBAL VULVA
Animation, 2009 The animation "Global Vulva" connects female figures and vulva symbols from different times, countries and cultures, while they morph into each other - cultural meaning of the female genital becomes visible again. You'll see paleolithic engravings, the Greek goddess Baubo, a winged woman from an ice-age culture in Siberia, an Irish Sheila-na-gig, drawings of vulvas and of their symbols, the Indian goddess Kali and a Yoni stone, the Tibetan goddess Naljorma Dewa, a statue of a noble ancestor of thelwena in Angola, the Aztec goddess Mayahuel, the Black Stone at the Kaaba in Mecca, a double-tailed mermaid from a church in Tuscany, the protecting Dilukai from Micronesia, hands forming the mudra 'Lotus and Bee' in a labyrinth, an amulet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, a winged sun disk, and the oldest human figure ever found, the so called 'Venus of Hohle Fels'.(Myriam Thyes) Flash animation / HD video, black/white, stereo, 6:20, loop. |
MYRIAM THYES
DE Myriam Thyes is a new media artist from Switzerland, living in Germany. Her works transform influential symbols of societies and cultures. |