Transportable altar for a divinity 

Transportable altar for a divinity (2015) installation / single-channel video, carved wood, pedestal / 45 × 50 × 45 cm / 4'30'' 

About / Small portable chapels displaying a holy character inside—usually the Virgin Mary—circulated from neighbour to neighbour in several Mediterranean communities. In its consideration of the labor of the sacred and the value of what is worshiped, this piece revisits the religious artifact and its implications. In this version, an elder woman carries on with essential chores like peeling potatoes and cleaning up. Behind her, a back door is added for the divinity to exit.

Credits / performance: Mercè Mañà / camera: Xavier Pérez / photo documentation: Jussi Tiainen, Petri Summanen With the support of / Arts Promotion Center Finland  Shows /  Babel Gallery (NOR) / Huuto Gallery (FI) / Taidekekus Purnu curated by Pessi Rautio (FI) / Exhibition Laboratory curated by Tintti Timonen (FI).