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Cosmic Entity « MEN FROM THE SEA»
Working in my studio, in 2003, I made the clay mould from the sketch, then took a print on paper. When I saw how stiff and rigid the bodies were, without thinking I put them in a tray and ran them under the tap. With the pressure of the water, the stiff material became a moving, gelatinous substance that was difficult to pick up; I spread it out on a table and that is the result of the work. The difference between the final image and what I had seen disturbed me so I decided to carry out a search.
This is the answer I received, although I failed to catch the first words in the sentence.
these bodies continue to live in an terrestrial substance. They are living, organic bodies, scattered everywhere; they are part of our lives, part of our everyday existence. They were the fathers of this world, the men who came from the sea.
Question: Why did they come from the sea?
Answer: Because the sea is life as it is death. Everything is continuity.
Question: What were they exactly?
Answer: They are our ancestors, those who have illustrated us in the universe like magical beings; they are not eternal, but die eternally in this world. That is why you loved them so; because they are part of your life, your blood, and your moods. Humans are like them, all human beings.