Genesis
This unit consists of 25 shadow sculptures and the inspiration comes from the creation and evolution of the Earth, as well as the course of humanity on it.
Genesis (2019)
There will always be genesis. Even destruction is a birth.
In the beginning there was Chaos (2019)
According to Hesiod’s Theogony, “In the beginning, there was Chaos”.
Suddenly an explosion (2019)
According to scientists, in this chaos a series of explosions created space.
And here is the Earth (2019)
That is how the Earth was created.
Sequoias and dinosaurs (2019)
Flora and fauna. Slowly, life began on Earth.
Primitive people in caves taming fire (2019)
And at some point, man appears.
The spoken word becomes writing (2019)
One of humankind’s greatest inventions is writing.
Sport inspires artists (2019)
Having overcome the stage of survival, man feels the need for expression.
Wonders are built (2019)
Humankind slowly progressed. This evolution is also evident in human constructions.
Noesis flourishes (2019)
Several great individuals shared their wisdom and helped us move forward.
Pause – the Middle Ages (2019)
Barbarian raids, crusades, famines, wars are some of the main events of this period.
The persecution of the new (2019)
Is also the era of witch hunts, a practice to which this piece refers.
Black Death (2019)
Towards the end of the Middle Ages there appeared the Black Death, also known as the Black Plague.
Don Quixote - An emerging dream (2019)
This was the first novel to
be printed in 1605, and speaks about the right to dream.
But windmills turn into industries (2019)
The industrial revolution begins in the second half of the 18th century.
The world bleeds (2017)
There have always been, and there will always be, wars.
And the unbearable brutality of the being is created (2011)
The conflict between social groups and the conflict between man and nature.
Music as medicine (2019)
One thing that makes our world indisputably better is music.
Here comes the small step but giant leap (2019)
On July 20th, 1969, the Apollo 11 space mission landed a man on the moon for the first time.
And we start living among giants (2019)
In the beginning, humans lived in caves. Then they began constructing their own abodes.
But giants become boxes (2012)
And while we live among giants, we have confined ourselves to boxes.
And we sing carefree in the rain (2019)
It is by now an indisputable fact that our planet’s climate has changed.
And chaos again (2019)
Chaos existed before and shall exist again. But the meaning of chaos changes and grows as humankind evolves.
Landing (2019)
Let’s take the six days of Genesis as an image and use it to picture what has
actually happened over the past four billion years.
But man goes on (2019)
Will man adapt in order to go on?