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If this is true – and this is apparently a mystagogical

(secret) knowledge – then we can interpret Victor Heroes of studio

Hagea’s vision (itself a kind of mystagogical work in

its own rights), as a vision of the antagonistic forces
of the irrational (illogical) and the spiritual (angelic),

which challenge the body to frame or, respectively,

to dis-frame it. Simply put it, the irrational enchains,
frames, and limits the body, whereas the spirit makes

one free, it is the gift of fly, which makes one soar like

a bird: ”frei der Vogel in the Luft” (free as the bird in

the air). Dramatic, spectacular in its visual appearance,

the laminar fold engulfs the flying body of the angel,
stressing once more its un-framing vital impetus (“élan

vital”). The fold is a figure of the invisible anima, a

visual sign and echo of the spiritual soul. It is precisely
this force that breaks down the limit of the frame, dis-

framing the body from the fetters of nature.

But why is it so that the anthropomorphic angel

has blindfolded eyes? Unlike the centaur, she has

free hands but is blindfolded. At first glance, one

may think of the iconography of the justice, usually
depicted this way. And it may be so that we have here

in Hagea’s Frames a combined symbolism of freedom

and justice as two compound elements of the superior

human condition, which derive one from the other
one. The bandage over the angel’s eyes alludes to the

incorrupt justice and clear-sighted instance, which

respects the rights of us all, and this is a condition of
The studio as
freedom as well.

Copenhagen 2nd October 2008 hierophanic space
Nicoletta Isar

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