In this current work, Ilona Pachler is forming an inquiry into mythological texts throughout histories. The form is an artist book.
By rewriting from her view of the feminine and the subjugated, she creates an entryway into rewritten possibilities. To do so, she forms a labyrinth of poetic essays and views. Her voice is developing openings that rethink and recodify typical and pervasive vilifications of female mythological figures. She strives to reimagine the power inherent in feminine knowledge and the wisdoms of the different, the so-called other.
Essays are accompanied by photographs of installations mostly assembled in her studio. The works are taken down after being photographed and the materials are reused to assemble new iterations of allegories to mythological figures. The works become ephemeral objects. They are held in perpetuity as photographs. Open-sourced images included in this artist book include depictions of mythological figures. The figures of Medea, Medusa, and the Minotaur.
Her reflections on the process of poetic writing as a non-native language speaker and its possibilities are also presented in texts. The desired result is a work built from loose pages. Each page connects to others in the set through words and visuals animated by the reader. The reader is invited to write in their words and language forms that assume the shape of a labyrinth.
