ล iuo metu Kintai Arts rezidencijฤ atliekanti Kanados menininkฤ Michelle Cieloszczyk kvieฤia visus prisijungti prie mitologinฤs bลซtybฤs, deivฤs Marzanos (mums ลพinomos kaip Morฤs), uลพdegimo ir nuleidimo ฤฏ vandenฤฏ ceremonijos. โณใ
Rezidencijos metu Michelle tyrinฤja kanฤios ir pasiaukojimo vaidmenฤฏ religinฤse ir kultลซrinฤse praktikose, kurdama Morฤs skulptลซrฤ iลก ลกakลณ, ลกiaudลณ ir gipso. ล i skulptลซra tampa menininkฤs rezidencijos pabaigoje organizuojamo performanso-ritualo pagrindine dalimi.ย
Daugelyje Rytลณ Europos ลกaliลณ, tokiลณ kaip Lenkija, Ukraina ar Slovakija, deivฤ Marzana simbolizuoja ลพeimฤ , gyvenimo pabaigฤ , sveikatos iลกลกลซkius. Baltลณ kultลซroje Morฤ, artima ลกioms Europos tautoms ลพinomoms mitinฤms bลซtybฤms, prasidandenฤioms Mar- ar Mor- ลกaknลณ vardais, yra mลซsลณ kraลกto deivฤs Marzanos atitikmuo. Pagoniลกkoje tradicijoje ลกi bลซtybฤ bลซdavo aukojama pavasario atgimimui simbolizuoti.
Menininkฤ kvieฤia visus prisijungti prie Morฤs iลกlydฤjimo ฤฏ Marias. ล is pagoniลกkas ritualas menininkei ฤฏgauna naujฤ simbolinฤ prasmฤ. Karo, kanฤios ir neteisybฤs akivaizdoje, trumpiausios vasaros naktฤฏ vykstanti iลกlydฤjimo apeiga tampa auka teisingumui.ย
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Currently resident in Kintai Arts, Canadian artist Michelle Cieloszczyk invites everyone to take part in a ceremonial farewell of the mythological figure โ the goddess Marzanna (known to us as Morฤ) โ into the water.
During her residency at Kintai, Michelle is investigating the role of suffering and sacrifice in religious and cultural practices by sculpting a Marzanna doll made of branches, straw, and plaster. Marzanna becomes the main protagonist of the performance-ritual offered by the artist.ย
In many Eastern European countries such as Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia and others, Marzanna is a goddess of winter, death, and disease. In Baltic culture, Morฤ – closely related to these mythological beings known across Europe by names beginning with the roots Mar- or Mor-โis a local equivalent of the goddess Marzanna. In pagan tradition, this sacrificial woman is burned or drowned as an effigy on the first day of spring.
The artist invites everyone to join the farewell ritual as Morฤ is sent off into the lagoon. For Michelle, this pagan ceremony takes on a new symbolic meaning. In the face of ongoing war, suffering, and injustice, the ritual, held on the shortest night of the summer, becomes an offering for justice.ย
