Meteorite Mama 

Stoneware, neon, cut acyrlic, cement, 2-channel video, therapy sand, wood, steel, 96” x 63” x 69”









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above-segment of 2 channel video, Oh, Meteorite. This video was embedded in the installation’s stage. The sound piece Shooter of Greed Grammatica was played out of a laser speaker, only heard from one position in the gallery space. 


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Meteorite Mama, an effigy. fluid in form. Multifarious
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Known by many names, through culture and temporality: The Mistress of Animals, Shooter of Greed, Triple Necked, Dog Leader, Mother of Mountains. A Mediator between the boundaries of the known and unknown, black meteorite iron that fell from outer space with lunar eyes and lunar ears.

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Myths resonate across time, metamorphosing, dancing between continuity and change. As James Cahill aptly states, myths can compress past and present. This exhibit takes a ghostly thread that leads deep into the past only to circle back around to an optimistic future. It is an ancient story of an imaginal entity made of stone, animal, plant:a tangle of pomegranates, breasts and testicals.

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2024
Photography Mario Gallucci Photo
© jessie rose vala