Using street photography and gravures, as well as scientific elements and vintage illustrations from encyclopedias, I came up with a series of collages.
A ruler of seashells and dusty roads
a dusty moth reaching for a street light
a beautiful youngster, beneath concrete shadows
a sensual acrobat, lingering over the rooftops
a mistress gazing upon the fragmented urban landscape
a titan, his wax wings ever fragile, even in this modern era
the head of Olympus once, now chained by wires and antennas
a visionary, lucid cranium, bound on a sky monolith.
Cast of characters: Neptune, Apollo, Hermes, Venus, Athena, Icarus, Zeus, Themistocles
Mixing and matching myth and urbanity, the collages reflect sinister times albeit with a glimpse of hope.
Some pics:
In vain I had at heart to find
The center and the end of space.
Beneath some burning, unknown gaze
I feel my very wings unpinned
And, burned because I beauty loved,
I shall not know the highest bliss,
And give my name to the abyss
Which waits to claim me as its own.
The center and the end of space.
Beneath some burning, unknown gaze
I feel my very wings unpinned
And, burned because I beauty loved,
I shall not know the highest bliss,
And give my name to the abyss
Which waits to claim me as its own.
Charles Baudelaire ✶ from Laments of an Icarus
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