THE ORACLE
5 January – 5 April 2012
WE*DO Gallery
BANGKOK
9 Thonglor 8, Sukhumvit Soi 55, Klongtong-Nua
Wattana, 10110 Bangkok, Thailand
Curated by Predrag Pajdic with Errikos Andreou, Marco Brollo, Carolyn Cowan,
Alexandra Eldridge, Roberto Foddai, Nathan Hanford, Emiliano Lazzarotto,
J. L. Nash, Predrag Pajdic, Petra Reimann and Mustafa Sabbagh
In light of a world which now operates beyond its many cultural boundaries, what sacred symbols today deepen our understanding of the human condition? Is the human condition being ground underfoot, at its lowest point, even at rock-bottom as so many economists might present? Or, is it rising, pheo
nix-like, in full colour and majesty, with all the mystery
of secrets yet to be revealed, out of the hopelessness of a near global recession?
Γνώθι σ ‘αυτόν – Know thyself*
As messages were received in the vapours of the Delphic Oracle, so does this international crucible of talent, united for the
first time under the same roof, convey their symbols. Mysterious and enthralling, each artist offers a facet of hope, altered and strange; and yet familiar enough in its presentation to remind each one that the spark of life’s breath lives not in any visible organ but in the soul’s in
terpretation of the golden age inside each human being and a connection to each other. These transformative images and performances strip away the weight of mutal illusion leaving one to acquire empathy for each spark of the combination of soul material captured in this glamourous mix as they become the Oracle – the meta-paradigm of today’s cognisant revelation.
