(Greece, 8th Century BCE)
Tapestry is derived from the story of Philomela and Tereus of Greek myth. Tereus raped Philomela, his sister in law, and to avoid accountability, Tereus cut out Philomela’s tongue so that she could not speak and hid her. Tereus told Procne, his wife, that her sister had died. Unable to speak, Philomela wove a tapestry to depict what had occurred and arranged for an old woman to take it to Procne. At the conclusion of the story, the Gods transform Procne, Tereus and Philomela into birds. In the style of the Roman Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses,’ Philomela has been depicted here as a Nightingale.
lyrics
I seek the salt of the lake
Cleanse me of his cruelty
I won’t be silent
Though you try to silence me
My words, my message
Here in this tapestry
A nightingale I will come to thee
Your violence immortalised in tapestry
You savage!
You can’t take my voice
I will articulate my pain
Greek woods become grey salt scrub
You will no longer take from me
I seek the salt of the lake
Cleanse me of his cruelty
I won’t be silent
Though he tried to silence me
This here, my words, my truth
Here in my tapestry
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