Ebecho Muslimova
Fatebe Io Stalled, 2024
Oil on canvas
182.9 x 182.9 cm
72 x 72 in
72 x 72 in
In Fatebe Io Stalled (2024), Fatebe herself appears in a reprisal of the myth of Io, lover of Zeus, who was turned into a heifer by the Greek god to...
In Fatebe Io Stalled (2024), Fatebe herself appears in a reprisal of the myth of Io, lover of Zeus, who was turned into a heifer by the Greek god to avoid detection by his wife Hera. In the image, Fatebe wears a mask which situates her mid-transformation, and is a hybridized version of herself, fused with the bathtub, while surrounded by distinct Fatebes creating an audience for this Greek tragedy. To her right is another hybrid Fatebe, this time with an ancient Greek “rhyton,” a drinking vessel designed to only be set down once it is emptied–as is the bathtub with which Fatebe/Io is morphed. The system is cyclical, uncanny, and it is clear that we have encountered this transformation at a midway point. Fatebe then embodies the anxiety spawned amidst technological upheaval.