Gefyra

Gefyra, Greek for “bridge,” is the symbolic nickname I gave my story’s protagonist, a liminal figure born of ancient myth and personal revelation. The spark came upon encountering Luciano Garbati’s sculpture of Medusa, holding Perseus’ severed head, a reversal that resonated in the wake of the #MeToo movement. What surfaced in me, felt channeled: a contemporary retelling of mythology that had been gestating through two decades of conceptual and experimental art making. This body of work became a ‘bridge’ carrying me from visual depictions into narrative storytelling.  It reflects my conviction that art, at its most vital, is not commodification but an unfolding: a trust in the unknown, a psychological and physical excavation… the work informs. In Gefyra, the act of personal inquiry becomes myth-making: a reminder that following the unknown path of creation can lead to revelations that are at once intimate and universal.