“It is a melancholyof mine own, compounded of many simples, extractedfrom many objects, and indeed the sundrycontemplation of my travels, in which my oftenrumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness” (Shakespeare: As You Like It, IV.1.)
A walk in the city, during which the time gate opens, allowing a peak into a miniscule unusual harmony for the millionth of a timeframe. It is there for a moment, just to disappear, as the practical goings-on of my life start to beat to a much stronger rhythm in my head. There are no ceremonies, no orgies through which one would be able to connect to the greater beyond, or whatever one chooses to call it. I’m a particle of dust in the machinery, part of the bigger whole. The scaffolding of the day collapses and chaos ensues, washing me away with its own time. I let me be washed away and destroy everything that worked or seemed to work. The pain and me are the same, and then out of a sudden we are thrust to the periphery of cognizance, resulting in the coagulation of a tiny core at the centre of the pain. This is the intent of the new wish to tidy up things, the core of wanting to get on with it, of taking the bull by the horns. Voices, lights and messages continue to ooze through for some time still through the time gate. The body starts to reawaken. The harmony of predictability and unpredictability starts to permeate my head and the billions of cells it produces. The message washing away and rewriting parts of the solidified patterns of my experiences breaks its way to the surface from the very depths of my existence. One of my legs is positioned in the order of experiences, the other in the territory of discovery and building anew.
The photos of the “Lesser mysteries” series were taken in Athens. The “small mysteries” constitute the first phase to the initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries. According to archaeological and written records, these rituals were performed every year starting from the 15th century BCE for almost two thousand years. The ceremony commenced with a pilgrimage from Athens to Eleusis. The participants could only partake in it as observers at first, only allowed to undergo the initiation the next year.
We would like to offer this Athenian journey and the exhibition to ourselves as thanks to a period of great personal trial and toil.
Exhibition is on view till 8th of February at ISBN+ Projectroom
(Tu to Fri: 12.00-6.00pm Sat: 2:00-6:00pm)
Address: 1085, Budapest, Baross street 42.