Jerri Allyn
Felis & her pussies / Judith / Freyja / Judith / Annapurna
Daring seductive feasting ... ?
Passionate courage & strength, saves her people
Daring seductive feasting ... ?
Passionate courage & strength, saves her people
5.5’L x 3.5’W x .25”D; with rod 6’L;
2023-2024.
Excerpt of ‘Felis banner portrait’. Photographers: Safi Alia Shabaik and Felis Stella
Ideas addressed: the art of seduction to save one’s people, sensual feasting for pleasure, communal consumption as cultural heritage and national identity bringing people and places together
BIO as relates to erotic power: Felis Stella’s two careers as a multidisciplinary artist and holistic chef are closely woven together. She is an immigrant to the United States, born in Moldavia (in the former Soviet Union), to a family of artists, scientists, and great cooks. She was a member of the LA Art Girls, continues to exhibit artworks, and in 2018 launched Chez Felis: Organic Food Made with Love, her catering company that produces seductive feasting events. (www.chezfelis.com)
Felis inspired by two deities and one historical figure: Felis resonates with Annapurna, the Hindu Goddess of food and kitchen, and Freyja, a popular Norse Goddess who reflects beauty, lust, fertility, love, magic, and everything related to sexuality except childbearing. Freyja was born to mother kittens and cats. The Assyrians were conquering the Jews, and it was Judith, Felis’s third inspiration, who beguiled her way into the enemy camp. She got General Holophernes drunk on her charms, wine, and cheese, finally decapitating him and freeing the Jews. Felis views this ancient tale as metaphorically decapitating the patriarchy.
Aligned organization: Chez Felis (https://www.chezfelis.com/