the decollation of flowers
En chair et en son festival
Convitto San Vittorino, Benevento
Feast of St John the Baptist, 2017
music Michel Titin-Schnaider, Étude pour guitare électrique
video Veronica Navia
And when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced…
– Mark 6:22
Apocalypteria
The decollation of flowers describes the blood rites of a girl (Salome - korasion - Kore). The work is in five parts: 1 – the girl enters; 2 – the girl gathers flowers; 3 – the girl dances; 4 – la Méduse d’air; and 5 – Kalyptromè / deflowered / headhuntress.