Cosomoerotica: Hourglass Nebula (Conjunctio)



A shift from the microscopic to the pangalatic scale...

The "Pharmaerotica" series fused microscopy images of drugs with 1920s erotica. The "Cosmoerotica" series combines telescopy images of comsomolical phenomena light years away from our present location, with erotica through the ages from prehistory to antiquity to the present day.

"Cosomoerotica: Hourglass Nebula (Conjunctio)" is the first of these works. Conjunctio is The alchemical stage where the Solar King and the Lunar Queen (the two opposing substances of sulphur and mercury (also known as Quicksilver)) are joined together. This union is usually depicted as sexual intercourse, and results in the birth of a child "the Red Son of the Sun," also known as the "Alchemical Hermaphrodite" who possesses both male and female attributes.