"Stations of a blessed sacrilege" (1995). My photographic depiction of a[n (un)]Holy Communion maps the dialectic of demand—>desire/castration—>drive within the sphere of the religious orders and high sacramentality. Georges Bataille’s erotic novella “The Story of the Eye” is the basis for my interpretation. I captured the original content in black & white film then hand-coloured a selection of the photos to form a provocative narrative. The models’ skin resembles polished wax, similar to the 'incorruptible' corpses of saints displayed in reliquaries of various churches, cathedrals and basilicas. The occurrence of incorruptibility—in which the bodies of some saints are thought to have been miraculously preserved—is sometimes referred to as "saintly cadavers". I used a Konica AUTOREFLEX T4 35mm Film SLR Manual camera throughout the series. Click on each thumbnail to get a larger image with more details as well as even more photo outtakes.
