Aisthesis in the Shaman's Diagram

The Shaman in front of the installation core-the padlocked metal cage Workstation.
Perception intention: archival of the archive is possible only when outside of the Workstation which symbolizes the Self. The Shaman hold a mask which is actually an exact replica of his face. He wears boxing gloves. He is surrounded by items that are used in the popular media as tropes, clichés, and stereotypes intended for mind control, such as, broken glass, mirrors, and mask, but he confronts them with blankets, salt, umbilical cords, etc.-items that represent awareness, essence, spiritual ancestry, and freedom from mind control.

Artwork Info

Type of Work Installation
Medium Multimedia-metal cage, 3D printed mask, film camera on a tripod, salt block, rocks, 3 paintings, Shaman artifact, Shaman paraphernalia, daybed, drift wood, misc. items
Dimensions Variable
Subject Matter Aisthesis is the Greek word best describing the innumerable, and unnamable perceptions in existence. Aisthesis is the root of the word aesthetics. The artwork attempts to distinguish animism as the aisthessis infinite embodiment, versus aesthetics as Anthropos finite choice.

Artist Info

Nesho Dimov

Joined: March 30, 2016

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Nesho Dimov MFA Visual Studies Thesis Spring 2018