I AM THE BE(A)ST, 2020 - 2021 - A work about Introspection, Transiency, and the duality of the Self.
Video installation with acrylic on wood hanging object in chains. Height 58 cm x Width 99 cm / chains flexible.
The white hanging object I AM THE BE(A)ST can be a free spirit kite or an animal caught in chains.
Two different sides of the same object symbolising the duality within a person, a situation or life in general. For we are as much ‘imperfect animals as love-seeking humans with the right intentions coping with life’s struggles’. ‘In the self, good and evil are indeed closer than identical twins.’ Carl Jung said.
To be whole and in ease one has to accept oneself completely. An Anthropos is the human being capable of uniting all opposites in oneself, without killing certain parts of one’s spirit. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: ‘Be careful when you cast out your demons, don’t throw away the best of yourself.’
The irregularity in the painting symbolises one’s impefection. The colour white is symbol for the process of self-forgiveness and inner peace as well as transiency and transformation.
In the end all is love and love is all from a holistic point of view, realising that all opposites are actuality one and the same.
I AM THE BE(A)ST by Roos Schneijderberg
Video + Mixed Media
Video installation + acrylic on wood hanging object in chains
Height 58 cm x Width 99 cm / chains flexible
Video on DVD / USB - 1/5