THINGS THAT HAPPEN AND THINGS THAT ARE DONE. ON BEGINNINGS AND MATTER

IN THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SACRED, AN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STONE OR TREE, TURNS INTO SOMETHING ELSE WHILE REMAINING ITSELF AND CONTINUING TO BE PART OF THE COSMIC ORDER. A HIEROPHANY, TO USE MIRCEA ELIADE’S TERM, DETERMINES THE SATURATION OF BEING IN ITS FULLNESS, IS FULFILLED IN EVERY GESTURE OF EVERYDAY LIFE, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS, INSCRIBING HUMANITY WITHIN A FOUNDATIONAL LOGIC THAT IS CAPABLE OF GIVING NEW MEANING TO THE WORLD IN ITS PHENOMENOLOGICAL TOTALITY. PETRA FERIANCOVA IS AN ARTIST CAPABLE OF ELABORATING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTS IN AN AUTHENTIC WAY, FUSING THEM WITH OTHER INFORMATION COMING FROM MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, TRANSLATING THEM ALL INTO CATALOGUES, INTIMATE AND UNIVERSAL AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH HAVE THE INSPIRATION OF EPIC NARRATIVES, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FRAGMENTS, FRAGILE SCORES OR SITUATIONS THAT COULD BE TERMED INFRA-ORDINARY. ON THIS OCCASION SHE TELLS OF MYTHS AND MYSTERIES WHICH, IN THEIR UNUTTERABILITY, RELATE THE TIME OF CONTEMPORARY HUMANITY TO ARCHAIC HUMANITY. A WORK THAT COULD BE CALLED CIVILIZING THROUGH ITS RELATION WITH MATTER, WITH THE NATURAL ELEMENTS AND BY MEANS OF THE CREATIVE ACT, THAT OF MANUAL WORK AS A FOUNDATIONAL ACT.