The story of in the beginning when god created the heavens and the earth

Soloshow 'I still believe' at Odapark Venray in the Netherlands

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Exhibition text written by Manus Groenen

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In the beginning when god created the heavens and the earth

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Through Samsara, we move to the final space, where a film featuring an "alien" awaits us. These entities previously appeared in Bamberger’s earlier work, The Canis Lunatics, introduced as colossal beings living beyond time and space, inhabiting energetic realms. “I think extraterrestrial life has always been on Earth, because the entire universe is part of the same whole. They come from another atmosphere and cannot breathe here, but they perceive the subtle energy we can no longer see.” Gas masks protect the aliens from Earth’s atmosphere, forcing them to rely on intuition. The ambiance in this final space is softer, lighter. We see an alien engaged in the mundane act of flipping a pancake, but when held up to the light, the pancake resembles a moon or even an entire galaxy. Does this small gesture casually recreate the universe’s creation? Does it signal an end or a new beginning? Or does such a question matter in a cycle of eternal return? As a finale, it’s a humorous leap from the everyday to a higher, timeless whole, where life’s playfulness and lightness return.

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Een bril voor het derde oog

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Morena hopes to unlock something in her audience by sharing her inner journeys. She sounds an alarm clock to awaken us from the slumber of daily life. “When you leave the exhibition and return to the forest, it does something to your system.” The exhibition may resonate immediately, touching you deeply and connecting you to a greater collective consciousness. Or it might be wondrous, cerebral, and aesthetic—either way, you carry it with you. “The experience will anchor itself in your subconscious field. Sometimes, a small trigger opens that field, and you understand what I meant to convey. You may not grasp it right away, but you’ll feel it later.” Morena Bamberger invites us into a timeless dimension of creation and destruction, where the old continually gives way to the new. For many, it will be a stimulating introduction to a greater whole, perhaps even the start of personal transformation. You may enter Odapark as a creature of habit, but once back in the forest, might a spark of the wolf you once were return?