GOD This project is inspired by George Bataille's famous book Madame Edwarda, a surreal and provocative story about a young prostitute who symbolizes the mysterious and divine. Originally published in 1941, the novel explores the intense connection between sex and death, following the narrator as he becomes fascinated by Madame Edwarda, a figure who embodies both eroticism and mortality.

As the narrator gets drawn into her world of taboo acts, the story delves into themes of desire, breaking societal boundaries, and searching for meaning in a world without clear morals. Bataille's raw, intense writing, filled with explicit depictions of sex and violence, pushes the limits of what’s considered acceptable, making Madame Edwarda both powerful and controversial. Despite its disturbing elements, the novel remains an influential piece of avant-garde literature, forcing readers to face their deepest desires and fears.

I was pulled out of my dazed confusion by an only too human voice. Madame Edwarda’s thin voice, like her slender body, was obscene: ‘I guess what you want is to see the old rag and ruin,’ she said. Hanging on to the tabletop with both hands, I twisted around toward her. She was seated, she held one leg stuck up in the air, to open her crack yet wider she used fingers to draw the folds of skin apart. And so Madame Edwarda’s ‘old rag and ruin’ loured at me, hairy and pink, just as full of life as some loathsome squid. ‘Why,’ I stammered in a subdued tone, ‘why are you doing that?’ ‘You can see for yourself,’ she said, ‘I’m GOD.’ ‘I’m going crazy –’

- Georges Bataille, Madame Edwarda, 1937  
Released: 2017
Material: Handmade collage, zBrush 3d