Baba Yaga
Monotype on Canvas
Baba Yaga, rooted in the Slavic legend, reframes the power of memory, folklore, and fragrance (here, made by Maison Sulékó) as a symbolic journey—where fear, exile, and confrontation give rise to empowerment. Jonatas, known for his diasporic themes, channels the fable’s dark psychodrama through a series of paintings and performances, presenting the child protagonist as an everyman figure caught between abandonment and self-realization. The visual and olfactory elements, reinforced by movement and lens-based media, operate in synchronicity by dancer Cheina Ramos of the New World School of the Arts— reflect fragments of the same emotional mythology. Together, the collaborators construct a timeless initiation tale: an invitation to confront inner demons, reclaim personal mythology, and emerge altered. This is not merely an exhibition—it is an alchemical rite of passage.
