PSICOSTASIA is a project about human feelings.
It takes inspiration from ancient Egyptian cult of souls: the weighing of the heart (a.k.a. psicostasia).
When a person passed away, the heart (that was the symbol of all the actions and feelings lived during life) was weighed by Gods. It was put by Anubi on the left dish of a balance: on the right dish there was an ostrich feather that was the symbol of Justice (Maat).
Only if the weight was balanced, the dead could pass over in Heaven.
I asked to some close friends of mine to keep in one hand a true heart (a pig one, that organically is the closest to human beings). Inthe other hand they had to keep a white ostrich feather.
No judgemental aims were allowed.
My only purpose was to symbolically allow them to touch their own heart.
And in each hand, the heart became something different.
Each person described this experience like something very touching and magic.
My aim is to repeat this shoot in few years to see wether they'll keep this heart differently.
