Sun Series & Sophia

Bodies of the universe have been used as sources of identity through time. For example, some attribute males with the sun and females with the moon. Questioning the assumption that females reflect the glory of men as it is implied, she began to explore various cultures' representations of sun and moon gods and goddesses. In this project, Eisert Hall re-introduced interactivity between art object and viewer. By combining appropriate colour combinations, various illusions could be induced while looking at the imagery. The human eye became "interactive" with the painting in how it perceived the after effects of looking from one colour to another. By intertwining the painting with the viewer's anatomy, the artist implied that any human can identify with any celestial body.

Another element of this project, that of Sophia, was also developed through Eisert Hall's imagery. Johann Jakob Bachofen was a precursor to 20th century theories of matriarchy that archaeologist Marija Gimbutus took up in her research focused on Old European Culture. Bachofen, and later Gimbutus, traced matrilineal order to the ancient past. This project consists of several pieces using undeciphered script from archaeologist Gimbutus's research. The artist asks the viewer to consider who Sophia was. To Eisert Hall, Sophia represents the sun, light, strength, power, intellect, wisdom, and the divine. Through an imaginary process of wondering who Sophia was; and who the women were that made up gynocentric cultures, Eisert Hall asks what contributions these people might have made to ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Eisert Hall linked the mystery in the undeciphered symbols with the mystery of the unknown women. She also asks: When does the potency of a culture begin to fade?