Pherepaphe: The Fourfold Roots Of Everything.

October 31st - Nov 14th 2009

The name "Pherepaphe" alludes to Plato's recontextualization of the Greek goddess Persephone as "wise for seeing that all things in the world are in motion" and who, furthermore, is a part of that dynamic quality.  Traditionally, Persephone is known as both the Queen of the Underworld and the Goddess of Fertility.  These seemingly disparate titles collide each year on All Hallows Eve, a ghoulish day that also marks the harvest and descent into winter.  Persephone's conflicting roles point to the cycle of life and ultimately explain the changing seasons, a process Empedocles referred to as "thefourfold roots of everything".

Pherepaphe: The Fourfold Roots Of Everything visually resolves the contradictory elements of Persephone, through her recasting as Pherepaphe and the primordial of the fourfold roots.  It makes the necessary visual references to the dark and the sacred, but also to the organic and the dynamic, the "in-motion" quality that Plato referred to in his renaming ofthe dark goddess.  This group exhibition includes in-gallery work by Arnold Steiner, Bethany Shorb, Carrie Villines, Dan Tesene, Elisabeth Timpone, Keep Adding, and Sougwen Chung.  A living installation of dark fashion works by Bird Ov Prey, Cyberoptix, Mercantile, Sinner/Saint, and Victorian Death Kult on November 14th will further underscore thedynamic and ephemeral qualities of Pherepaphe.  (This performative portion of the exhibition will occur at 319 Scholes Street in Brooklyn.  Visit http://AreYouDevoted.com.)

Pherepaphe: The Fourfold Roots Of Everything will remain on display until December 14, 2009.