CelineSianiDjiakoua

I like James Hillman's writings, even though I often find them disturbing and not so easy to read if you don’t know what he refers to (here : alchemical psychology). They always bring new perspectives into my thinking and imagination and seem to be echoing deeply within me. In his book, The Dream and the Underworld, he brings new perspectives to the “conventional” interpretation of dreams. Here is for “water”. Bodies of water Concerning   bodies of water   in dreams (oceans, rivers, lakes, pools, baths), let us bypass the symbolisms of lustration and baptism, of doctrinal wisdom and uterine mother, and also the too general meanings of life energy, Mercurius, and the unconscious. Instead, let us take a lead from Heraclitus (frg. 36) : "To souls, it is death to become water ...," and (frg. 77, Freeman): "It is delight, or rather death, to souls to become wet..." Jung has expanded upon the death of the soul through water in his classical work on the Ro...

Collaborators : Chris Smith and Lee Ramsay Still image, collaboration with Lee Ramsay Still image, collaboration with Lee Ramsay Still image, collaboration with Chris Boote Still image, collaboration with Chris Boote Still image, collaboration with Chris Boote Still image, collaboration with Chris Boote Still image, collaboration with Chris Boote

The idea of the piece Medusa was conceived before the recent events in France*, which, as a French artist, have influenced and affected the work further. Céline is interested in women within warzones and the types of violence made to them, both symbolically (as in silencing) and in the reality of their bodies.   While referring to religions, the work explores underlying areas of human nature. Céline believes the Internet is a versatile collective mirror on our souls and she sees it as a reflection of the chaos ongoing within the world. She thinks that we  intimately  participate in this as we view images and regurge information from the Internet, be it actively or passively, interacting with only a couple of clicks. *Charlie Hebdo Paris shooting – 01.2015 Origin of the image, click here . The making This piece was produced after the end of my art&philosophy collaborat...