Private rituals, dreams and nightmares of Calmon and Stock
Private rituals, dreams and nightmares of Calmon and Stock.
THE MOOSE DRAWN by the Paleolithic man on cave walls, Madonnas that can only be unveiled on special occasions, private altars in monks’ cells, as well as divine statues that can only be seen by the high priest, all clearly represent the role of art as a tool for magic. In the early days of mankind, the work of art was integrated across different traditions through cult. The unique value of artistic creation, its “auratic mode”, as Walter Benjamin puts it, is intimately linked to this origin, initially magical, later religious, and always in submission to a ritual.