{"id":1388,"date":"2025-05-07T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/?page_id=1388"},"modified":"2025-05-12T19:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:10:54","slug":"sacrum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/index.php\/sacrum\/","title":{"rendered":"SACRUM"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1388\" class=\"elementor elementor-1388\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f14bf8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f14bf8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc5614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0dc5614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SACRUM<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84e0f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b84e0f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ART INSTALATION, PALMA DE MALLORCA, 2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b54480 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b54480\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6af4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d6af4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1399\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-2.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-2-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6af437 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6af437\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aff5643 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aff5643\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:6,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:50,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a05736c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a05736c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sacrum<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26f3a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d26f3a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>SACRUM<\/b> is an immersive art installation uniting two artistic projects: <i>Bone Simple<\/i>, an interactive mosaic performance by Ruth Minola, and <i>Masks<\/i>, a series of sculptural papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 masks and canvases by Anna-Alexandra.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c82cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34c82cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c63ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58c63ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Art holds the power to dissolve things.<\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p>In her stirring speech <i>\u201cThe Question of Light\u201d<\/i> at the Rothko Chapel\u2014a place that holds Mark Rothko\u2019s paintings and serves as a sanctuary for spiritual and human rights dialogue\u2014Tilda Swinton says:<\/p><p>\u201cArt holds the power to dissolve things: time, distance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. It also holds the power to mend things: to join, comfort, inspire hope in fellowship, reconcile us with others and ourselves.\u201d<\/p><p>Any art is <i>sacrum<\/i>\u2014a \u201csacred bone,\u201d a portal to transformation, a path back to the primordial womb of life. It invites complete renewal, mystical rebirth, and a deeper closeness to the human essence.<\/p><p>As artists living through this moment of global tragedy, we continue to search for traces of humanity\u2014a humanity revealed not through grand gestures, but through quiet, continuous acts of care, tenderness, and love. These past months have brought profound sorrow and disorientation. Days when the rising sun does not herald renewal but reveals the debris of the night\u2019s destruction. We have been forced to re-examine what is permissible, what is justified , and to recalibrate our moral compass. More than anything, this time has taught us to think with our hearts\u2014for no matter how much we debate and contextualise war, it is always the civilian who suffers most.<\/p><p>We are both deeply engaged in the discourse of human rights and firmly believe that none of us is free until all of us are. This extends beyond Palestine to places like Congo and Sudan\u2014lands also torn by war, displacement, and genocide.<\/p><p>We understand the magnitude of these issues and how overwhelming they can be. However, even in the face of such enormity, if you ever find yourself consumed by anger, sadness, and the weight of your thoughts, let your tears articulate your feelings, and love&#8230; love with the utmost strength. \u00a8The condition of being good is that it should always be possible for you to be morally destroyed by something you couldn\u2019t prevent. To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world&#8230;\u00a8 and the greatest tragedy of all is the attempt to guard against hurt by petrifying that essential softness of the soul, for that denies our basic humanity. 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src=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1401\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b1bad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49b1bad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bone Simple<\/b><\/p><p><i>An Interactive Mosaic Performance by Ruth Minola<\/i><i><\/i><\/p><p><i>Bone Simple<\/i> is an intimate and meditative performance that explores impermanence, interconnection, and the healing power of communal art. In this contemplative act, the artist invites the audience into a shared ritual\u2014dissolving the boundaries between creator and observer.<\/p><p>Through the symbolic act of decomposing imitations of human bones and recomposing them into mosaic form, the piece mirrors the cyclical nature of life and death. The rhythmic sound of the mosaic hammer evokes the passage of time, the fragility of existence, and the beauty of impermanence. Each moment becomes an invitation to inhabit the present, to surrender to the quiet force of transformation.<\/p><p>Above all, <i>Bone Simple<\/i> emphasizes community: each participant contributes to the mosaic, reminding us that all individual experiences are part of a greater, interconnected whole.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f18d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6f18d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88b1dbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88b1dbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Masks<\/b><\/p><p><i>Sculptural Papier-M\u00e2ch\u00e9 Masks and Canvases by Anna-Alexandra<\/i><i><\/i><\/p><p>\u201cThe Mask engages with our shared unconscious and our shared consciousness simultaneously in a powerfully affective way&#8230; When the mask is symbolic of some shared, archetypal essence, we project from a collective emotional store and cultural mythology onto a shared symbol of the collective Self.\u201d<br \/><i>(Matthew J. Cawson, The Mask and the Self)<\/i><i><\/i><\/p><p>Masks are perhaps one of the most profound and enigmatic expressions of the plastic arts. Despite their ubiquity through history, their power persists. A mask allows us to see beyond appearances\u2014it is not an object alone but a dialogue between the seen and the seer. It demands encounter.<\/p><p>Across cultures and epochs, masks have played vital roles in rituals of initiation, healing, transformation, and spiritual communion. In the ancient world, masks served as instruments of revelation\u2014giving form to the formless, granting access to the invisible world of gods and spirits.<\/p><p>For early humans, overwhelmed by the dynamism of the natural and inner world, the mask became a symbolic bridge between the known and the unknown. Rather than concealing, it reveals. It is an archetype, a magical face, a mirror through which we glimpse deeper truths.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-043bc9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"043bc9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9668a56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9668a56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-5.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1396\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-5.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-5-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-5-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-5-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bf867e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0bf867e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-6.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1395\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-6.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-6-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-6-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anna-alexandra.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-07-at-19.31.04-6-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a539fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a539fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b9cd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34b9cd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732e7a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"732e7a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30fd85a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30fd85a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>SACRUM: A Philosophical Intersection<\/b><\/p><p><i>Sacrum<\/i> is the meeting point of two artistic languages, converging in a shared inquiry: how do we assimilate the crises of war, grief, and moral collapse while preserving the essence of our humanity?<\/p><p>\u201cThe human body is sometimes referred to as the \u2018sacred vessel,\u2019 its gestures\u2014folded hands, whispered prayers, beating hearts\u2014imbued with symbolic meaning. These actions serve both to express social structure and to shape cosmological models that reflect it.\u201d<br \/><i>(L\u00f3pez Austin 1988; Houston et al. 2006)<\/i><i><\/i><\/p><p>In both Mesoamerican and Old World cosmologies, the <i>os sacrum<\/i>\u2014the \u201csacred bone\u201d\u2014was a potent symbol. Associated with fertility, rebirth, and passage between worlds, the sacrum was seen as a mystical threshold. In Mesoamerica, it marked the entry point for shamans and spirits to traverse cosmic realms. Ancient traditions viewed this bone as the seed of resurrection\u2014the luz of the Hebrews, the ajb of the Arabs, the echo of Egyptian myth.<\/p><p>\u201cOne can identify a basic worldview as shamanic: positing multiple levels of existence and portals between them&#8230; The human body becomes a template upon which the cosmos is mapped, enabling a deeper understanding\u2014and partial mastery\u2014of the world\u2019s forces.\u201d<br \/><i>(Brian Stross, The Mesoamerican Sacrum Bone: Doorway to the Otherworld)<\/i><i><\/i><\/p><p>If reason alone cannot guide us toward the preservation of our humanity, then we must turn to myth, to imagination, to the subconscious. In this symbolic framework, <i>sacrum<\/i> emerges not just as a bone\u2014but as a portal of resilience, renewal, and remembrance. 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