Genesis I
CONCEPT SERIES
Discovering how it all began is the topic everyone talks about all the time. I decided to create a series of artworks that discuss the topic, and to anchor the most important parts of history that shaped the world we live in today. By discovering the key components of our culture, as humans, we can reach new heights. The purpose of this research and artworks is personal and independent. It is not religious related even though many parts of the research were affected by theology in different times, as it was a shaping part of the human culture and history, along the years.
Genesis I took place in 2009 and it discussed 3 different topics,
The pyramids were built by freemen; skilled paid laborers, they were well fed, worked in hardship and rested in glory!" Egyptian archaeologists claimed. Some manuscripts from workers tombs were deciphered to solve the dilemma of the construction of the pyramids. These manuscripts tell a different story from the one that was told for many years about the fabric of the ancient Egyptian community and culture. The shape of the pyramid has the most rigid structure than that of any construction built, it withstood time. The body of pyramid was covered by limestone and tip was made of pure gold extracted from the gold mines in upper Egypt. The stones were imported from Phoenicia by sea.
“There is only one god, my father. I can approach him by day, by night.” Akhenaten claimed. Akhenaten was the first king in ancient Egypt that broke a bold claim about the ancient gods, by challenging all the beliefs to focus on the presence of only one god, Aten. Aten is an aspect of Ra, the sun. Akhenaten means the worshipper of Aten. On the other hand, Nefertiti, Akhenaten wife, was praised as an equal to her husband; the servant and worshipper of Aten. For a queen to be praised as an equal to the king in rule wasn't seen in any civilization at the time. Marking the first celebration of the role of the woman in courts of the gods and worshipping and ruling the Egyptian kingdom.
"If there has been a first man he must have been born without father or mother – which is repugnant to nature. For there could not have been a first egg to give a beginning to birds, or there should have been a first bird which gave a beginning to eggs; for a bird comes from an egg." Aristotle concluded the answer of the dilemma: Which came first: the chicken or the egg. This is one of the early questions to the genesis of man.
