In a sermon-performance titled 'Images,' Gideon Jacobs, playing Father Bartholomew Mary, critiques our obsession with images and screens. The event takes place at EARTH on Easter and explores themes of self-awareness and the tyranny of images. Jacobs links contemporary issues to biblical narratives, particularly the Genesis Fall, suggesting that our self-image detracts from authentic experience. The performance includes participatory elements, such as deleting photos from phones, emphasizing the struggle for a deeper connection beyond superficial representations. The event blends satire with spiritual reflection, engaging the audience in a provocative dialogue about modern identity.
"I think we are living entirely in the realm of arrows, as opposed to spending some of our lives in the realm the arrows are pointing to."
"He links the Fall in Genesis to the development of the self-image-our self-awareness as evil knowledge, leading us down the slippery slope of abstraction, far away from the naked one-to-oneness of Eden."
"On the count of three, we're told to delete it, in a sacrament of renunciation. Then, we're told to open our 'recently deleted' folder and delete it again; this time for good."
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