Once upon a time known as the Byzantine Era, aka end of the Roman Empire,  an ancient theocracy, between the 4th and 5th centuries reigned. Another era of establishing control under the beliefs of the Christian religion. This artwork presents a Christian woman melting into the ancient Byzantine ruins of one of Jerusalem's historic Churches. She is tired of defending her body, tired of covering up, flowing with the bricks that bare her body. 
 
Photograph of Byzantine mosaic remains found in Archeological dig at the site of Saint Peter in Gallicantu Church in Jerusalem.
 
The woman who is painted into the ruins comes from an Armenian Lebanese Christian background, and leans on the magnified ruins as she disappears into them through mimetic body painting.
Her invisibility is representative of the hidden voices, stories and lives of woman. Historically women have been treated as accompaniments to men, to bolster the agendas of patriarchal narratives. Her lowly status has been the longest maintained oppression in the world despite her being responsible for the entire foundations of the the civilised world (writing, sewing, brewing, cooking...). Authority has been stolen, not earned.
 
As we expose our bodies upon ancient relics of times past, we expose the truth of this illusory narrative and remember her as the ultimate creator. Woman. Life. Freedom.