(about) EXORCISM

"We should not be moral but we are, and all kinds of emotions that are very, very unwelcome creep in, and we have to deal with them. One of these emotions, which is completely useless and creeps in all the time is guilt. We should live in a society where guilt does not exist, right? But it does exist. So whenever guilt comes in we want to get rid of it because guilt is extremely painful and we are not here to experience pain. We deal with it because we cannot do anything else, but it´s not wanted.

Exorcism is necessary when the guilt has come in and you want to forget about it. You want to forget about certain experiences because they are forbidden. Sculpture needs so much physical involvement that you can rid yourself of demons through your sculpting."


Louise Bourgeois 1994

Kátia Sá, 1999