St George and the Dragon, nocturnal sparing for the awaiting maiden (Deilephila elpenor) in the process of hatching, the Dragon competing with the bridle tulle of St George, still from a performance in Woldingham 1978
St George and the Dragon, Paolo Uccello 1470, Deilephilia elpenor, elephant hawk moth, the metaphoric maiden. 1979.
St George and the Dragon, Alternate View. Nocturnal sparing for the awaiting maiden (Deilephila elpenor) in the process of hatching, the Dragon competing with the bridle tulle of St George, still from a performance in Woldingham 1978
St George and the Dragon, St. George in proximity to the Dragon. 1979
St George and the Dragon, St George residing over the cage of the Hawk Moth, Deilephila elpenor, metaphoric maiden. Woldingham, 1978
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ABOUT ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON (1978)
St George and the Dragon originally concerned itself with an interpretation of Uccello’s painting of St George and the Dragon. This diversified into an attempt to describe the relationship between the Maiden, the Dragon and St George. Two actualities, Uccello’s painting, and the Greek myth, presented differing bonding arrangements for the Maiden.
This was first realized in chemical form, where two substances, representing the Maiden and the Dragon, when mixed with a third, St George, would cause a reaction, the Maiden acting as a catalyst. Second manifestation used blue neon, Elephant Hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor) and bridal tulle; the chemical detritus of the first form being packed into their tubular armatures. When completed the pieces were filmed and that film, together with the pupae case of the moths, St George and the Dragon, exist as the latent machinery of a past event.
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