Erik Sausa’s latest solo exhibition, Sacred Spaces, contemplates a universal human longing to grasp what is beyond our senses. Sifting through a lifetime’s collection of reoccurring visions and elemental symbols, Sausa frames in photographs, paintings and installation his own existential questions. Having been deeply fascinated by science fiction as a child, the artist recalls the first time he encountered the idea of an infinite universe. Although this initially brought him apprehension, especially in contrast to his conservative Catholic upbringing, it eventually led to a deeper investigation of religion, space, time and consciousness. Bordering between dream and reality, recognition and ambiguity, Sausa reveals his own unexplainable and mystifying experiences to create hypnotic visual tensions across the exhibition. By setting these fragmented memories and imagined histories side by side his hopes for answers and illumination continues.

Sacred Spaces is dedicated to the late Mr. Roberto Chabet, beloved mentor and artist.

Image: © Erik Sausa, Manila Contemporary