Attraction / Self-Portrait 30

production: Annick Vroom, camera: Adri Schrover

Reverse creation process
“He who comes from above is above all,” it is written in John 3:31-36. Each at its own pace, 172 balloons descend from a clouded sky. Dangling from each balloon is a part of the human skeleton, copies of mine, which seem to gather just in front of the viewer’s feet. As if with that, a burden from heaven has finally descended to earth.”

Skeleton recorded in heaven
The only skeleton ever recorded in heaven, it is claimed, is that of Jesus. When a bright sun appears behind the clouds at the end of Attraction / Self-Portrait 30, heaven and earth seem to merge.