2018
must be the year in which truth takes a stand against power that would weaken
it.
—Republican
Senator Jeff Flake, Arizona, from his January 15th 2018 defense of truth
speech on the Senate Floor
A
liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
—Aesop
As
is the tradition of CoLabART projects,
it included the work of two deceased, Cuban-American artists
Felix Gonzales–Torres
and Ana Mendieta
[whose work and life the
TERRAIN
BIENNIAL LA
version was dedicated to].
Ana created female silhouettes in nature with natural materials using the
four basic elements.
Her Siluetas focused on a spiritual and physical connection with the earth
and Golemess has a direct lineage
with a myriad of threads connecting these two-female series: ritual, magic,
spirituality, the four elements and a religious underpinning.
As evil forces of atavism gather and our basic freedoms are being trampled
upon at every turn,
CoLabART called forth the mystical and spiritual powers inherent in the
Hebrew Letters that invoked
GOLEMESS IV – a Kabbalistic
Protectress fashioned from the four elements
in the hope of providing a shibboleth to preserve all that we hold sacred!
A transmedia performance, which consisted of two distinct parts involving
several memorials with the participation of LA-based creatives:
Merrilyn Duzy, Prof. Paul Harris, Stephen G. Scott, Wendy Cutler and John
Scheele.
The
Making of Golemess
ANA
MENDIETA
All
audio files on this site are excerpts from an original sound composition
–IN
THE BEGINNING –
especially created by the artists for their
Golemess installations.
Realized in collaboration with the musician, sound designer and voice artist,
Stephen G. Scott of Pinnacle Audio
Group this composition is the audio facet to
THE KABBALIST –
a computer interactive, multimedia performance
work–in–progress.
We hope to produce THE KABBALIST performance work in major cities
in the United States and Europe.
At each performance site, we plan to collaborate with visual artists, writers,
educators, musicians, choreographers/dancers, stage designers, etc.
In the spirit of collaboration, we welcome your thoughts and ideas.
Please drop us a line if you have
contributions, suggestions, comments or wish to be involved in CoLabART
Productions.
