Dream of the Monkey Lathe, 2017-18Acrylics on prepared paper mounted on cardboard, 15 x 28 cmAs it o
Dream of the Monkey Lathe, 2017-18Acrylics on prepared paper mounted on cardboard, 15 x 28 cmAs it often happens the scene is part of a larger dream narrative but I failed to capture the rest of it. I remember watching a demiurge turner work at an archaic-looking lathe. Gargantuan hands fit a stiff human figure between the pins and start the machine. The figure comes to life under the tools yet there’s not blood. This strange magic lantern fascinates me; the living spindle melts, breaks into patterns seemingly independent of demiuge’s manipulations. Before long the grotesque object between the pins takes on a new shape. It appears to be a child and I move in to get a closer look. With a great shock I discover that the figure is, in fact, that of a monkey locked in a hideous waltz of anger. My meditation is soon interrupted by a sudden change: the monkey’s head stops like a flip book animation that reached its last page while the rest of the body keeps on spinning and transforming under the turner’s command. The last thing I can recall is the beast’s grinning face, its oily eyes piercing me with hatred. -- source link
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