A souvenir of Jason’s Tomb, Jerusalem
Parcel sent by: Karin Ben Haim (Bezalel)
Souvenir made by: Marlise Breye (Luca)
The objects in my package were related to an archeological site, Jason’s Tomb, in Jerusalem.
What caught my attention the most were the grave goods, which testify to a deep believe in the afterlife.
Where does my faith lie? Going back and forth during my search, this is my preliminary conclusion:
I want to believe in what I know. I don’t know what will happen with my spirit or soul after I die, but I do know what will happen to my body. Everything we see around us, all the matter contains energy.
We have to eat to gain new energy to move and live. The moment I die, my body will release that collected energy and give it back to its environment. I think that’s a very beautiful idea. The circle of life.
I took that idea of expiration and erosion as inspiration for this project. The form of the ancient ceramic vessel became the body of my work. My search for decay led me to the proces of erosion by heavy rains, which slowly returned my vessel back to its fist stage, clay mass.