Irma de Vries

Are we in balance?
2015
acrylic paint with video-mapping
100x70cm

“Are we in balance?” is a painting accompanied with video-projection/mapping. The music is made by Aaron Roche and Helga Davis (known for her work with Philip Glass and Bob Wilson). In the painting I study the balance between male and female gods. I wonder: if we live in a modern society where female and male characteristics are the same, shouldn’t we have also female Gods to relate to?

I have studied our historic Goddesses and I have found out that even ‘El’ or God as we call him today had an equal wife: Asherah. And it would be no surprise that Allah had an equal wife as well: Allat. With this in mind shouldn’t we embrace the female characteristics in life more, by bringing Goddesses back into our society, so people who are interested in identifying themselves with the female aspects have stories to relate to.

This painting is the start of the series about forgotten Goddesses, which I would like to present at This Art fair.

At this moment a large painting of 20 meters with video-mapping is hanging at the Amsterdam Light Festival called Canalhouse.
https://youtu.be/-_gBMyxD078?t=1m15s.

irmadevries.com
Are we in balance?
2015
acrylic paint with video-mapping
100x70cm