Nov 30, 2017
Jake Treacy, Aphrodite’s Forgotten Bathhouse 2017, Himalayan rock soap scented with rose and myrtle, pink tiles on MDF
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Jake Treacy, Aphrodite’s Forgotten Bathhouse 2017, Himalayan rock soap scented with rose and myrtle, pink tiles on MDF
Jake Treacy, Aphrodite’s Forgotten Bathhouse 2017, Himalayan rock soap scented with rose and myrtle, pink tiles on MDF
JAKE TREACY
Jake Treacy mythologises the history of place. Within this dilapidated vitrine, rests a monolithic soap block in hues of marbled pink alluding to the goddess Aphrodite. In the myth of her birth she washes upon the shore in a pearlescent carriage, emerging from the seafoam fully grown. Hers is a symbol of fertility, and similarly new thoughts may arise like pearls from the oceanic depths of our memory. As water washes through the vitrine the block becomes activated, cleansing the space and filling it with the scent of myrtle and rose – sacred attributes of Aphrodite.
Jake Treacy, Aphrodite’s Forgotten Bathhouse 2017, Himalayan rock soap scented with rose and myrtle, pink tiles on MDF
Jake Treacy, Aphrodite’s Forgotten Bathhouse (detail) 2017, Himalayan rock soap scented with rose and myrtle, pink tiles on MDF
Jake Treacy, Aphrodite’s Forgotten Bathhouse (installation detail) 2017, Himalayan rock soap scented with rose and myrtle, pink tiles on MDF
Jake Treacy, Aphrodite’s Forgotten Bathhouse (installation detail) 2017, Himalayan rock soap scented with rose and myrtle, pink tiles on MDF