Abomination of desolation standing in the holy place
The Lenten Hanging in Vienna's Cathedral.
Matthew 24
15 When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him understand.
Cum ergo videritis abominationem desolationis, quae dicta est a Daniele propheta, stantem in loco sancto, qui legit, intelligat :
16 Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:
tunc qui in Judaea sunt, fugiant ad montes:
Daniel 9
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many, in one week: and in the half of the week the victim and the sacrifice shall fail: and there shall be in the temple the abomination of desolation: and the desolation shall continue even to the consummation, and to the end
Confirmabit autem pactum multis hebdomada una : et in dimidio hebdomadis deficiet hostia et sacrificium : et erit in templo abominatio desolationis : et usque ad consummationem et finem perseverabit desolatio.
The piece is called Cocoon. The artist, Eva Petric writes
Fasting Cloth 2023; I’m extremely honored to have been invited to create the 2023 Lenten Cloth for the magnificent St. Stephansdom Cathedral in Vienna, for one of the most beautiful and mysterious Gothic Cathedrals to date! Kindly invited to visit it and the 2023 Lenten Cloth „Human Cocoon“ till April 7th, upon which it will disassemble and reassemble into „Human Butterfly @ArtScienceSpirituality“, the three features that distinguish us humans from other Earthlings. Human Cocoon“ acts as a TOTEM for the many and often unseen ways by which we are connected. The half-white, half-black figure is reminiscent of a battery where one side is the cathode, and the other side is the anode. Appearing like an ancient hieroglyph and at the same time as a futuristic being it serves as a contemporary 'emoji' and stands for what it means to be a human: to be an active and irreplaceable element in the delicate lace web of life. When one thread breaks, all the threads oscillate and the pattern readjusts, adapts.” Thank you to everyone who helped to make this project possible, especially Dompharer Toni Faber @toni_faber_dompfarrer Dombaumeister Zehetner, the whole Dombauhütte and St Stephansdom Team, all the technicians, all the sponsors and everyone who took part in the revealing of Human Cocoon. Dombaumeister Zehetner, the whole Dombauhütte and St stephansdom Team, all the technicians , all the sponsors and everyone who took part in the revealing of Human Cocoon. Thank you to Erwin Uhrmann and Gabriela Koschatzky for their valuable words and the AKH @akh_wien (Vienna's Hospital) for their collaboration in enabling me to attain and mix the blood of an artist (myself), scientist, and priest into a triptych of red blood cells. Kindly invited to visit it , day or night till April 7th.
All very nice but nothing to do with Catholicsm, so unedifying and not very nice at all.
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