- THE MYTHS OF ETERNAL LIFE |2020-24 -
CHAPTER II
ABOUT DYING
'I have seen the secret sacred places. I was guided to the hidden sacred places, likewise, she allows me to have seen the birth of the great god who clothed me in his ba.'
[Extract from Chapter 75: Spell for ‘Going to Heliopolis (and) taking a seat there’/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
76 x 60 x 15 cm, Brass Sculpture, 2022
'I am one who goes forth prospering, whose name is not known. I am yesterday. The one who sees millions of years is my name.'
[Extract from Chapter 42: Spell for ‘warding off slaughter in Herakleopolis’/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
59.5 x 54 x 6cm , Screenprint on velvet, brass tears applications, 2023
‘I appear in glory. I am conducted within. I am ennobled as a god. She places me on this sacred path on which Thoth traveled when he pacified the Two Fighters.’
[Extract from Chapter 75: leaving the Netherworld and traveling to Heliopolis/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
99.1 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm, Bronze Trees, 2020
'Hail to you, lords of forever, who establish eternity. Do not take this heart of mine away from me.'
[Extract from Chapter 27: Spell for ‘not letting the heart’ / An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
70 x 60 x 6 cm, Screenprint on vintage linen sack, hand stitched, brass tears applications, 2023
‘I have my mouth to speak, my legs to proceed, my arms to make my enemies fall. The two entrances in the earth are opened for me. Geb the prince of the gods, has opened his jaws for me (and) my eyes which were blocked.; he stretches out my legs which were crooked; Anubis strengthens my thighs. I am raised up indeed (and) Sakhmet the goddess who exists in the sky stretches me out…’
[Extract from Chapter 26: Spell for Giving the Heart/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
254 x 129.5 cm, Monotype print on canvas, screenprint applications, hand stitched, 2021
‘My protection is that of the gods, lords of eternity. My protection is that of the gods, lords of eternity. I am one who is among them. I have gone forth together with Atum. I am one who is not examined. I am in a state of great well-being.’
[Extract from chapter 7: Spell for ‘Passing by the vertebrae of Apophis’/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
101 x 61cm, Screenprint on linen and cotton, monotype embroidery, hand embroidery, hand stitched, 2024
‘They speak to me. Who are you?, they say to me. What is your name?, they say to me. I am the spike of the underside of the papyrus clumb. The one who is in the moringa-tree (is) my name. You passed through what?, they say to me. I passed through a town north of the moringa tree... ’
[Extract from Chapter 125: .../ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
147.3 x 134.6 cm, Screenprint on linen, 2021
‘I am lord of life, this is my arrival. I go forth from the opening of the great door of the city. Osiris, your protections are for the ones in need. I embraced the sycamore…’
[Extract from Chapter 64B: the specialized knowledge the deceased claims to have/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
247x181cm, Screenprint collage on monotype print, hand stitched, embroidery, 2022
‘(O you) whose natures are secret, do not turn me back. Those (of you) who are on their bellies, do not let the eye swallow its tears. (O) silent one, open for me what is sealed. Give a good path to me (so that) I may pass.’
[Extract from Chapter 64B: the specialized knowledge the deceased claims to have/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
200.7 x 195.6 cm, Monotype print on canvas,
screenprint applications, embroidery, hand stitched,
2022
’I proceed in the footsteps of the sunlight. I am one who knows the path of secrets (and) the Gate of the Field of Reeds. I exist therein. See me, I am come. I have overthrown my enemies upon the earth. My corpse, it is buried.’
[Extract from Chapter 82: Spell for ‘warding off slaughter in Herakleopolis’/ An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/ The Papyrus of Sobekmose]
280 x 110 x 98 cm , Screenprint on vintage linen sack, Emele hardwood, coating, 2023