MauMau Blood Dreams 2025 is a project in process...

MauMau explores the origin of narrative in the fairytale-fable, the ‘language of the soul' and the enchantment of nature. By 'cutting-up' and creating new stories, reversing roles and outcomes, through which we can visualise a world of the future.

I became intrigued with a recent archaeological find near where I live. Across the border in Spain, are neolithic designs carved in rocks that record hunts, conflicts and stories. The symbols became local word of mouth folktales in the Bronze Age, often savage, bloody stories. Many of the folktales were re-written in the 17th century as stylish dream-like, magic fairytales with happy endings.

“The folktale is the primer of the picture-language of the soul.” Joseph Campbell.

FILM

Moon is a Dagger, Die Leere Mitte, Revista Procedimentum

Red Hood...posted soon...

Demon Jar Springs... in process...

POSTCARDS below Sold in series of 8. €10. Mailed in photo envelope.

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Notes:

Collage VI. Found photo of XV painting of the XIV Portuguese queen, Leonor Teles. Found photo of Tras-os-Montes contemporary carved mask. Moon photograph. Santiago Cathedral wall carving photograph.

Collage I. Visigoth bird brooch photograph, Madrid museum. Found fashion photograph.

Collage VIII. Found photo of Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode, Belle Époque dancer, first modern celebrity icon. Neolithic Dolmen of Barossa photograph. Found newspaper photo of Iberian wolf.