SEEKING THE ANCESTORS

2023 – current

by Kim J Vermeulen 

I keep feeding the flesh, but I have come to realise it is not in the body where the emptiness lies but in the soul.  I turn to my ancestors; exploring the fact, fiction and fantasy of their ancient beliefs.

Much of our knowledge of the past comes from ‘artefacts’, the word is derived from the Latin meaning ‘something made by or using art’, this explains the importance of art for cultural understanding. In history and archaeology often things we do not understand are assigned ritualistic meaning. Were our ancestors so spiritually Things we find impossible to believe are attributed to myth and legend. 

At this moment I am shooting for inspiration, to get a feel. Since a child I have had a connection with history and archeology. I sort of grew up in it through my parents by part-taking in battle & living history re-enactments, experiemental archoelogy, visiting historical sites throughout England, mostly 1st century BC/AD Iron Age, early roman and late medieval, with bits of everything else in between. You can not help but learn and maintain a curiousity for the past. This has also resulted in a large amount of historical props. I have a collection of inspired art, much of which comes from my most excellent father-in-law, which I intend to incorporate into the work.