A Statue
2023
Cement, Steel, Hemp Rope, Fire
45"x28"x20"
Early forms of goddess worship differ fundamentally from the images of the goddess circulated in contemporary visual culture. Once understood as mutable forces tied to survival and continuity, the goddess is gradually reconfigured within patriarchal systems into an idolized and commodified female body shaped for admiration, consumption, and control. Rope- based traditions (Shibari) in East Asian visual culture extend this logic by formalizing the body's exposure to the gaze through binding and suspension, where reverence merges with domination and desire. Within my own mythological system, the goddess no longer appears as a human figure, but takes the form of a burning stone, untethered from fixed imagery or bodily permanence. As the stone erodes and disappears, worship gives way to presence.
Early forms of goddess worship differ fundamentally from the images of the goddess circulated in contemporary visual culture. Once understood as mutable forces tied to survival and continuity, the goddess is gradually reconfigured within patriarchal systems into an idolized and commodified female body shaped for admiration, consumption, and control. Rope- based traditions (Shibari) in East Asian visual culture extend this logic by formalizing the body's exposure to the gaze through binding and suspension, where reverence merges with domination and desire. Within my own mythological system, the goddess no longer appears as a human figure, but takes the form of a burning stone, untethered from fixed imagery or bodily permanence. As the stone erodes and disappears, worship gives way to presence.