MEGAN KNOBLOCH GEILMAN
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST / DIGITAL INSTALLATIONs
MEGAN KNOBLOCH GEILMAN
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST / DIGITAL INSTALLATIONs
“If there is a dominant theological context for understanding Geilman’s project, it may be Latter-day Saint temple worship. The LDS temple ritual, understood by many as a renewal of ancient religious truth, centers human life against a vast cosmic background and places each initiate in the role of Adam or Eve, illustrating the soul’s symbolic journey through mortality. Along the way, novices are instructed in their exercise of moral agency, are spiritually initiated in the faith’s covenantal rites, including priesthood ordination and marriage, and finally are entrusted with the esoteric knowledge that ushers them into the symbolic presence of God.”
—Rosalynde Welch
Megan Knobloch Geilman is a conceptual and contemporary artist living in Utah. Her work consists of photographic and digital installations that explore gospel doctrine, social issues, and historical narratives from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Using art historical reference and symbolic objects, the artist seeks to explore these narratives and communicate them for new audiences.
Each piece is an entire production to create. The process for takes anywhere from four to eight months to accomplish from conceptualization to execution and often involves a small team to assist in making the artist’s vision a reality. If you wish to support the arts and donate to the project, you can do so by clicking on the button below.
TRANSLATION
"Translating scripture is a way of renewing life. In translation we lend our lives—our minds, our ears, our mouths—to the local resurrection of old texts, dead words, and lost voices. We put down our stories and take up theirs. And as we give voice to them, they, for a time, rejoin us in the land of the living."
—Adam S. Miller, Letters to a Young Mormon
TRANSLATION
"Translating scripture is a way of renewing life. In translation we lend our lives—our minds, our ears, our mouths—to the local resurrection of old texts, dead words, and lost voices. We put down our stories and take up theirs. And as we give voice to them, they, for a time, rejoin us in the land of the living."
—Adam S. Miller, Letters to a Young Mormon
“‘Works of Translation’ is a masterclass in interpretation.”
— Rosalynde Welch