Pol Maló  Mystery Above , Mystery Below (or: Mystery Below, Mystery Above)  2022

at Sado Island Galaxy Art Festival 2022

site-specific installation, acrylic on wood, approximate size 260x340x450cm, dimensions variable

「上に謎、下に謎」は生命・世界・宇宙の神秘を含んでいる場合があります。それはまた、私たちが苦闘している社会の階層や構造についてのものであることもあります。どれがフィクションで、どれが現実なのか。 謎は、自己、社会、文化の中心にあります。歴史とは、謎と折り合いをつけるための継続的な試みなのかもしれません。私たちを苦しめているのは、永遠に掴みきれない意味の深さです。ミステリーとの闘い、社会との闘い。」

「Mystery below, mystery above can be about mystery of life, world and universe. It can also be about social hierarchies and structures with which we struggle. Which is fiction, which real? Mystery is at the center of self, society and culture. Maybe history is the ongoing attempt to come to terms with mystery. It is the depth of meaning forever eluding being grasped which has us struggling. Mystery struggle, social struggle.」

the work is indirectly also about inlusion, fairness, equality and a society free from patriarchy, hierarchy, coercion, censorship, bias, discrimination, racism, nationalism, exploitation......it is also about the difficulties and social traumas these cause for many people and a call for healing of these

text and photos Pol Maló 2022