Eres más que humano. The More Than Human exhibition for ARTE EXPUESTO, September 2023, offers a symbolic look at embracing mortality through the concept of the soul. Roses, water, and the terrain within the body are reflected in the poetic images, animation, and texts reconciling fears of death to bring about an understanding of the continual flow of life as imaginary states of being.
More Than Human rose to popularity, as a term, through the work of American philosopher David Abram. His views on animism and consciousness as connected with all terrestrial and cosmological life coincide with my sensitivities and instincts.
In deconstructing the supremacy humans have relative to nature, with or without technology, the connection can be easily taken for granted. The chasm between humans and nature reveals itself as ideological and now, technological. The chasm is therefore imaginary. As the body first eats with the eyes, More Than Human offers the felt sense of sublime beauty in visually rhythmic forms, textures, and colors to cultivate an embrace of mortality.
The artworks realize the realm of the imaginary as sacred, to consider perceptions of time, ceremony, and sensual ritual to access the strength courage bestows onto individuals who embrace vulnerabilities. As a humble action made within, the understanding of humanity as completely interrelated with the breadth of existence, reverence for the soul, heart, and mind blossoms.
Cultivating an embrace of mortality More Than Human invites viewers to a space created within grace by remembering the spirit within them, which is connected to all being and becoming. More Than Human de Mari Amman @arteexpuesto @atomikfilms @mariammanstudio #morethanhuman #incarnerdesroses #mariamman #foto #bilde #illuminado #beauty #roses #monterrey #publicart
More Than Human