Death’s Duel

Beatrice Waller, Death’s Duel, 2018. Mixed Media Installation. 

Death’s Duel is an exploration of spiritual transformation and the human desire to seek higher spiritual knowledge and eternal life. Drawing from both the physical and philosophical components of alchemy, it analyses this desire that seems to be inbuilt in to humankind. It attempts to convey a sense of transformation and refinement as seen in the alchemical process and in the Christian life as the Holy Spirit transforms the human mind, heart and soul to be godlier.

It also touches on the notion of repeated experiment and failure, depicting repeated attempts to achieve a goal; finding a path to eternal life, that will ultimately fail in the hands of humans.