CHAOS // THE ELEMENTS
CHAOS // THE ELEMENTS
When the pandemic broke out, the whole world fell into disorder and confusion. The word that kept on coming to my mind was: Chaos. I was obsessively repeating the word «chaos» as if I was trying to get into the core of it.
At some point, I came across an old engraving by a Dutch graphic artist Hendrick Goltzius. The engraving was called «Chaos: The Untangling of Chaos, or the Creation of the Elements». Created in 1589, it was an illustration for Ovid’s «Metamorphoses».
Creation is the transformation of chaos into tangible forms.
//
According to alchemical theory, the universe is composed of four Elements and three Principles. The four Elements are: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. This composes the physical world. The spiritual world is composed of three Principles: Salt, Mercury, and Sulfur. All of these, the four Elements and three Principles, are intimately connected. Altogether, they shape the world.
This project consists of seven self-portraits representing the four Elements and the three Principles.
/2020-2021/
At some point, I came across an old engraving by a Dutch graphic artist Hendrick Goltzius. The engraving was called «Chaos: The Untangling of Chaos, or the Creation of the Elements». Created in 1589, it was an illustration for Ovid’s «Metamorphoses».
Creation is the transformation of chaos into tangible forms.
//
According to alchemical theory, the universe is composed of four Elements and three Principles. The four Elements are: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. This composes the physical world. The spiritual world is composed of three Principles: Salt, Mercury, and Sulfur. All of these, the four Elements and three Principles, are intimately connected. Altogether, they shape the world.
This project consists of seven self-portraits representing the four Elements and the three Principles.
/2020-2021/
…