There’s more to art and spirituality than meets the eye, ear or intellect. More is what lingers, soothing the troubled soul, leaving a bad taste, irritating beyond belief or what we thought we knew. More is about our interaction with that which is not obvious, a process that inadvertently engages us in co-creation of the ongoing story. We are changed by our engagement and so is the artwork.
For Your Eyes Only is a three-minute DVD, a story about Muslim women preparing for a wedding, part of the exhibition, In Spite of Ourselves: Approaching Documentary at the Dowse Art Gallery. But only women can see it, a boundary that has prompted complaints of discrimination.
Not everyone agreed the boundary discriminated. A collective of artists and art educatorspointed out that “Our own work … makes us constantly aware that “the public” is not simply the absence of boundaries, but the development of sites where effective participation and reflection on boundaries can take place.” Read more
Sources
- Sande Ramage in Spirited Crone
- Image: AsiaNews.it
Sande Ramage is an Anglican priest and blogger.