| Joyce Roetter's work from the
exhibition "Apparition" encompasses the results of diverse, personal
experiences from the rain forest jungles of Peru and the highlands
of Guatemala. While studying "Ayahuasca" with Shamans, Joyce created
work by hand painting photographs of plants and ritual ceremonies that
attempts to share with the viewer the emphasized and heightened
awareness of color, light and form she experiences while partaking in
the plants psychedelic journey as a means to control limes disease.
Joyce teaches photography at the Santa Fe Community College, she has
been awarded the "Pollock/Krasner" grant for her works in Peru. |
"Apparition" -
"Ayahuasca Journals"
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"Mayan New Year- ChiChi Castengo"
Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media
Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media
Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media
Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media
Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media
Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media Hand painted Chromogenic Prints with mixed media
Hand painted Chromogenic print with mixed media
"Chilling Cheric" 3 Seed Pods
19" x 13 1/2" hand painted Chromogenic Print with Morpho 19" x 13 1/2", Hand Painted Chromogenic Print with Tarantula 19" x 13 1/2", hand Painted Chromogenic Print with Morpho
19" x 13 1/2" hand painted Chromogenic Print with Morpho
Hand painted Chromogenic
Prints are one of kind, Giclee' Prints of images above untouched are
available in two editions of ten. Prices upon request.
| "The most recent series of work that I have been
producing, "Ayahuasca Journals", is based on my personal journey
into the Amazon jungles of Peru. The images are the first of a
series that journal my continued exploration and relationship with
the Ayahuasca plant, and the Shamanic teachers that are dedicated to
its use. The work is directly connected to "real" experiences that I
have had, while seeking knowledge and healing from a culture that
has utilized a "teacher" plant. I approach the work from different
angles and perspectives, as an initiate, explorer, collector,
investigator, patient and documenter. As an artist, my main interest
in this investigation has been the plants effect on my
experience/perception of reality. Photography has always expanded my
notions of what is real and how we engage certain materials to prove
a reality to each other (such as forensic photography). Instead of
utilizing a botanist's method for documenting specimens, I chose to
use photography in a way that expresses my sense of reality. To me,
photography can have a direct connection to the real, because the
silver crystals on the film produce an image from light reflecting
off of a real material surface. I am aware that modern image making
methods can annihilate this connection, so I am speaking from a
traditional sense. When ingesting the plants I was on a special
diet, which in combination effects brain chemistry. Therefore, I am
acutely aware of the enhancing effects the plants have on my
perceptions. I chose to use a photographic process that enhances
color and a "glow" that I perceived. I added light reflecting
material to the surface to emphasis or heighten the awareness of
vision being produced by light reflecting off of surfaces. I don't
believe it is possible to accurately transmit all the nuances of my
experiences, but I do believe that photography allows me to
effectively point in a direction that gives the viewer a potential
for comprehending an essence.
Ayahuasca - Vine of the Dead, Vine of the Soul; is prepared from
segments of a series of vine (Banisteriopsis Caapi), which contains
an alkaloid called "telepathine". The vine is boiled with eaves from
numerous admixture plants, one being Chacruna. The resulting tea
contains powerful hallucinogenic alkaloids. This medicine has been
used for millennia in order to enter the sacred supernatural world,
to heal, divine and worship. |
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