Creating Yemanja, the mother of fish - with artist Marcos Cei

In January 2015 I went to Cascais, Portugal to make a movie about Yemanja, my friend Marcos Cei's three meter tall sculpture. First time I met Marcos was in Paris in 2008 when he was living in a little apartment in the middle of Paris, filled with huge beautiful rustic sculptures. To get them out of the four story building they had to be taken out through the window with a crane. Yemanja is a three meter tall construction of wire, rope, glue and iron, that weighs about 130 kilos.
The name Yemanja is a contraction of the Yoruba words "Yeye omo eja", which means "Mother whose children are like fish." In Yoruba mythology Yemanja is the spirit of woman, especially pregnant woman, and the ocean.
Marcos’ work has been exhibited in Argentina, Australia, Brasil, USA, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland to mention some. You can check him out here: www.marcoscei.eu
Directed by Ole Magnus Kinapel
Artist: Marcos Cei
Music by Sementera
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