Genesis-deGenesis diptych work draws inspiration from the biblical narrative of the creation of the world, as recounted in the Book of Genesis. Through pictorial, sculptural, theatrical and cinematographic means, I symbolically “recreate” day by day the act of creation and then once created, each object is used, consumed. But the story is interpreted in two parallel directions: from beginning to end, and conversely from end to beginning. The two narrative inversions are linear yet looped so as to erase any beginning or end. God creates his world and populates the empty space through the painting of flora and fauna. A parallel is drawn between the biblical god’s speech and the act of painting.
The original work (vimeo shows only a demo of the work) is video diptych work, each video is filmed in 4K. The video was produced in several stages. The first step was to build a cinema set, then to paint on the set while filming and at times move painted objects in the set and photograph the result. Genesis-deGenesis is the result of a long editing process to bring the stills together with the video.