Wisdom of the Womb
FLOW OF LIFE is a monumental expression developed over five years including 13 menstrual paintings, 3 award winning short films, photography, a six page poem & more. This body of work weaves together the feminine, ancestral memory, primordial origins and the cycles of life through an immersive language of ritual, nature and embodied experience.
As Marisa practiced free bleeding onto large circular sheets of hand-pressed Indian paper, her vagina and gravity became her paintbrush. Suspended as a living installation, the paintings rotate freely through space like celestial bodies, revealing menstrual imprints on one side and accompanying poetry on the other. Each becomes a reflection of an inner cycle translated into image, language and movement.
From this original encounter with the body's cyclical nature, the work has continued to unfold through photography, film and ritual. WOMB SPACE and CAVE OF EGGS extend its inquiry into the deeper chambers of the feminine: the womb as a vessel of transformation, the cave as a place of primordial return, and the passage through emptiness as a condition for rebirth. Together, these works form an ongoing exploration of lineage, interconnectedness and the creative force of life — moving between the intimate and the archetypal, the personal and the collective, the seen and the unseen.
Exhibition
Flow of Life was part of the group exhibition “The New Ark” produced by ART CAN DIE. Presented at River City Bangkok from Sept 1 - Oct 16, 2022, the exhibition featured 13 international artists who created works spreading a message of unity and connectivity. Under the patronage of the Embassy of Belgium, “The New Ark” was the first of its kind to be fully funded by a cryptocurrency and its community.
We are currently seeking to connect with aligned galleries and museums to exhibit this intimate body of work. If you are a curator, and this speaks to you, please get in touch.
Credits
DOUBLE BEING dissolves the boundaries between self and other, personal and collective, visible and invisible. The vessel of this practice is their commitment in marriage, in which relational polarity, vital intimacy and sustained conversation form the continuous threshold from which creation originates. Encountering the art is not just beholding an image — memories, emotions, perceptions and beliefs are revealed, often in an instant.
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