David Rastas, Saint Anthony's Fire, 2016

This three minute video projection features photographs of details of Matthias Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece. Images alternate between disturbing creatures that surround and torment the saint in the panel depicting ‘The Temptation of St. Anthony' and close-ups of the plants used to heal patients suffering from Ergotism (Saint Anthony’s fire) at the bottom of the panel depicting ‘St. Anthony’s visit to St. Paul in the wilderness.’