This was my response to the Miwa Matreyek show, and it really resonated with me. When I watched it, the story was told in such a compelling and articulate way that I could almost feel the emotions of the giant shadow woman who traveled high and low and saw countless risings and fallings. It felt almost like a riddle of some sort to me- an endless loop that changes at such a slow pace it feels like nothing is really happening.
inspired by Miwa Matreyek - Myth & Infrastructure
There is a riddle that people love to tell. It speaks of sisters that birth one another, forever on a loop. Day and night, same as life and death, if you look at it right. We humans fancy ourselves gods with the things we have created and brought back to life. Beginning from paper and fire and light and electricity to so much more. But with each creation there is also the destruction of what once was, forcing more room for what now is. The shield that protected us from the sun now weakens with intangible chlorine pools needling holes in it’s secondary layer. We humans are mortal, and yet we fancy ourselves gods with the things we have created and brought back to life. Saber fanged and ivory toothed beasts long asleep now open their eyes in the wake of our needless prodding. But at what point have we destroyed more than we have made?
