ik-HO-rus Act II
2023
bronze, steel, wood
About
“Tell me, Muse of the man of twists and turns whose excessive ambition led him to defy Nature’s higher powers and brought him to its ruin. His name was Ikarus.
Driven by an obsessive desire to surpass the limitations of human condition, Ikarus was dreaming of taking control of the skies, kingdom of the god Horus. So, he started cutting all the trees he could find around him in order to build the wings that will allow him to reach the divine realm. Horus was watching in silence the oblivious man as he was destroying the environment he was living in and his heart was filled with sadness and anger....
To put an end to this destructive human enterprise, the falcon-headed god went down to Earth and stole the man-made wings. Ikarus, blinded by his ego, chose to disregard the divine warning and, the wings being stolen, he went to the nearby forest to cut all the trees that were left and build a ladder tall-enough to reach the skies.
TO BE CONTINUED"
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