Els Dietvorst
(c)Els Dietvorst Archief, scan: M HKA, 2019
Libera Me, Santa Barbara I & II, Dietvorsts only 16mm film so far, focuses on Saint Barbara, the patron saint of the miners. What would Saint Barbara look like today and is it possible to create a new myth around her? Can we create a form of solidarity across generations and cultures? Dietvorst uses these questions as a starting point for her residence in Genk.
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna
in die illa tremenda
quando coeli movendi sunt et terra,
dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo,
dum discussion venerit atque venture ira:
quando coeli movendi sunt et terra.