Libation
MB Stoneman
Opening: September 2 5:30 pm
Viewing: September 2 until September 12
New work inspired by experiences in Crete, Greece – an ode to nature, ritual, vessels, deities, sanctuary. An offering.
The pouring out of a drink as an offering to a deity
Origin; from libare ‘pour as an offering’.
Pour a libation to
Conclude a pact
Make an offering
Perform a rite
Enter into an agreement
Guarantee an action
Onto the earth
for the dead or chthonic gods
In the Book of the Dead in the Odyssey,
Odysseus digs an offering pit, pours honey, wine, water
Heroes receive blood libation
Libations for the dead in their tombs – milk & honey
Turn towards the east, tip vessels to the west
Olive branches in hand, strew to the ground
where earth has drunk the libation
With a silent prayer, depart, without looking back
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Space Studio & Gallery
18 Saint Hill Street
