Icarus Rescue Mission (Cave) 2019-2020

 

Icarus Rescue Mission, Cave 2020, Permanent markers, acrylic, painted wood on hard plywood. 

Dimensions: D:9mm, W:3 x 122cm, H:244cm

 

‘Icarus Rescue Mission (Cave)’ is a drawing installation in its narrative representing the deconstruction of the myth of Icarus and Daedalus but set in a near future, in a cave-like setting depicting ‘animaplant’ beings creating a safety net for a falling Icarus. These beings are ‘rhizomatic multiplicities’ (Deleuze) on a rescue mission to save Icarus and follow the tension lines. The drawing eventually evolves from a mythical and poetic aspect to a more grounded historical context of tension between making and futility (ref: Merzbau - Kurt Schwitters and Deadalus Labirynth). The installation is completed by other large scale drawings featuring feline like beings, Uriels, here representing symbiotic organism and referencing deities.   

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‘Icarus Rescue Mission (Cave)’ is installed as a stand alone walk in, broken angle installation resemblant a future shelter, cave like setting.