The ongoing maithuna project evolves around a series of erotic rock sculptures and bas-reliefs of Asiatic temple walls, originating from as early as the tenth century, mainly devoted to the tantric practice of sexual embrace for spiritual reasons. The exact significante of these sculptures has not been clearly elucidated and can vary in function of the context which can be linked to fecondity, tantric rituals or the evocation of the union of the individual soul and divinity. Any allusion to pornography and unnatural sexual behavior should therefore clearly be avoided.

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Maithuna is the Sanskrit word for union. Maithuna is yogic sexual union. It means, act or instance of uniting two or more things into one state of being or, a spiritual uniting in order to bring about concord. This is the unity of creating one from two, an escape from the duality system in which we live.  Even more damaging to a spiritually conscious sex life is the myth that orgasm is the summit of sexual experience.  Maithuna may lead to experiences that make orgasm seem pallid by comparison, to the place of original creation where the earth emerges, cells multiply, life evolves in its many facets. The feeling that orgasm is necessary can be an anchor grounding the personality. In the Western world Maithuna is sometimes called kerraza or dianism, in Tibet it is called yab-yum. It is a true form of meditation.

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The orotype technique gives a dreamlike quality to erotism, and eliminates all harshness in the erotic scenes. The golden hue enhances the spiritual mood of the tantric rituals and enables the spectator to visualize the act of lovemaking in a perspective of peaceful union. The orotype, an alternative process derived from the historic "orotone" has been experimented by Roger Kockaerts since 1968. At the beginning of the 20th century an orotone photograph consisted of a positive silver-gelatine image on glass, backed by a gold medium and sealed in a wooden frame. Under specific lighting conditions the orotone glitters like a solid golden object.

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The more recent orotype uses a chemically inert polyester film with a silver-gelatin emulsion instead of the traditional photographic glass plate. The positive image is treated with the standard archival techniques. The golden tone is realized with the aid of a gilding medium containing bronze powder. The orotype is permanently mounted on a 100% celulose paper.

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The orotypes of different dimensions are mounted on 100% cellulose paper of 250 g/m2 of 32x41,5cm

All maithuna orotypes are priced at 650,00 €. The mounted prints are ready for framing and are shipped worldwide in a sturdy packing.