Immersion in hypnotic and repetitive sounds allows us to step outside of ourselves

It is an urgent companion for our times

Cover photography is "A Study of the 'Katia Reading'" from the series "After Balthus - a Photographic Portrayal of the Paintings of Balthus" by Hisaji Hara

IL where he is an artist and Assistant Professor of Art & Design at Trinity Christian College

Ernst Jünger

Hiske Altena – Vital Mud La Llorona Immersion in hypnotic and repetitiveWith the photographic project Vital Mud, Hiske Altena (NL) explores the theory that life on Earth once began in clay. In the 1980s, her uncle, a now retired geologist, found an unusual rattle stone. In this stone, he discovered organic looking structures that he could not explain with existing geological theories. However, the alternative so called clay hypothesis, according to which clay helped the evolution of early life forms, seems to offer a