Marieke McKenna

Cosmos & Matter, Paris

Macrocosm, Microcosm

A performance of spoken word and Persian oud, created for Cosmos & Matter, an immersive exhibition in Paris showing how sustainable practice and eco-conscious materials can align with the avant-garde.

The piece reflected on how humanity has viewed the cosmos and the dream world across cultures and history. Framing the cosmos as the outer macrocosm and the dream world as inner space, the microcosm, it explored philosophical, spiritual and scientific perspectives on the phenomenology of experience.

I was accompanied on oud by Sepand Dadbeh.

From my cabinet of curiosities

A turning sphere of images I collect: sky discs, star charts, spirals, shells and suns.

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