Exposition

The Weeping Madonna (last edited: 2025)

Henrik Koppen
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It is a foundational human trait to long for miracles. We yearn for the unexpected, something new to transcend our everyday life. As anyone who has planted a seed might know, the world is already brimming with wonders. Why, then, is this not enough? Why does it sometimes feel like we have lost the connection to something larger than ourselves, something supernatural or more-than-human? In this text I am exploring the human need for miracles through a queer lens. Through my live performance “The Weeping Madonna” (2025) I am investigating alchemy as a method to acquire knowledge about the world, and whether it is possible to use our imagination as a starting point for collective rituals in order to call forth a new reality; a futurity.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsweeping statue, queer, miracle, mythology, black swan, more than human, the uncanny, potentiality, religion, horror, transformation
date15/05/2025
last modified15/05/2025
statusin progress
share statuspublic
copyrightHENRIK KOPPEN
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3211502/3211503
external linkhttp://henrikkoppen.format.com


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