Mokshamudra Progression, 2012 - Adrian Piper
about this work
Mokshamudra Progression consists of a set of nine digital prints depicting the ritual opening of a hand. A mudra is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with only the hands and fingers. Moksha is a term in Hinduism that refers to various forms of emancipation, liberation, and release.
At the bottom of first and last image of the series there’s each time a number of concepts, such as ego, stasis, possession on the closed hand side and entropy, release and renunciation on the open hand side.
The artist wants the work to be installed in one line, with 15 cm between each print.
Please have a look at the last image to see the artist's installation diagram.