This trunk hollowed eucalyptus fathom the living world from a height of two meters. Yesterday slender tree and proud, nourished by a generous sap, it was gradually eroded by termites in his heart. What was full and dense sold place in a vacuum in a tiny battle behind the invisibility of the surface.
In Aboriginal tradition, these trunks are coveted. Some will become musical instruments, offering subtle resonances with the space. The famous didgeridoos.
Others like here * Lorrkkons become a sort of open coffin. The bones of the dead, crushed and mixed with ocher sacred will be welcomed in this sword planted in the ground.
The tree had derived its energy from the earth forces. The insect has stopped the process. Then the missing man, whose name is silent phase of mourning will rehabitation space vacant.
Her red substance dissolves gradually into a sort of giant hourglass. The elements are combined. The man returns to dust the floor while the trunk continues its gradual degradation.
Then the deceased find his name in the collective memory, once the process is completed.
The symbolism is powerful and magnified by the work of abstract ritual or hatching rarrk already mentioned on the blog, here or there .
(*) Lorrkkon, 2008 Hollow Log
212 x 20 cm. © John Mawurndjul
Provenance: Maningrida, Palya Art Auction House Gaia
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