YONAT VAKS
INANA
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The Chalice of Entanglement
An archeological expedition into the future of human consciousness.
INANA is an ongoing art project centered on humanity's eternal search for meaning. A search that looks for the intersection of inner transformation and outer systems.
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INANA asks if the fractures of contemporary society can be healed by learning from humanities shared wisdom about masculine and feminine energies. It draws from ancient myths, archaeological evidence, and the evolution of contemporary consciousness.
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At the heart lies the Chalice of Entanglement: a symbol of the union between masculine and feminine energies.
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INANA is the creation of artworks and experiences that make the search for meaning tangible, through the union of opposing forces and the courage to remain human in a world accelerated by AI.
The Real Holy Grail
What Does It Mean to Be Human?
​Across cultures and millennia, myths like the Holy Grail were about humanity's search for the supreme value of life, for that which makes life most meaningful. They were about becoming capable of relationship: with oneself, with the other, with the world.
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Humanity evolves in spirals, returning again and again to the same essential questions. We stand now at a crossroads. The choice before us is not between past and future, but between fragmentation and wholeness.
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INANA is a reminder that meaning cannot be optimized. It is a process.
The Work
INANA manifests through chalices and sculptures that emerge through a deliberate three-stage process. One that mirrors the project's central question about what it means to be human in an age of technological perfection.
The process itself becomes a relationship between seemingly opposing forces.
An exploration of how they might hold each other.
Beyond Display
These chalices function as both artwork and object. While they are made as artistic sculptures, they are also designed to be engaged with symbolically - filled, held, used for intentional reflection.
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The intention is to break conventional boundaries, asking whether touching and using beautiful things might itself be an artistic practice.
Vision
Through art, ritual, and community, INANA cultivates spaces where the reunion of feminine and masculine energies becomes possible. Where collectors, institutions, and visionaries participate in creating a new culture of balance, beauty, and belonging.