Daedalus & Icarus Paul Sava Nicola Meneghello Emilian Petrache Yassine Saïdi Olle Hoolboom Sander Mulder Exchange Utrecht- Padova
Mar 26, 2015
Daedalus & Icarus
Paul SavaNicola Meneghello Emilian Petrache
Yassine SaïdiOlle HoolboomSander Mulder
Exchange Utrecht-Padova
The StoryLine
• Daedalus and his son Icarus• From Kreta to Minos• Labyrinth with Minotaur• Escape out of the labyrinth• King of Minos wants Daedalus• Daedalus wants to escape• Wings of feathers and wax• Icarus flies to high• Wax melts and he falls in sea
Deeper meaningKarma & hasty climbers
have a sudden falls
“Every dream has a price”
Art
Antonio Canova, Dedalo e Icaro; 1779, marmo, altezza 2,20 m. Museo Correr, Venezia.
Charles Paul Landon, Daedalus cheers on Icarus to fly, 1779. Alençon, Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle.
Jacob Peter Gowy, from a sketch of P.P.Rubens, Icarus fall, 1636-1638, oil on canvas. Madrid (Spain), Prado Museum.
LiteratureHarry Mulisch
James JoyceFrancesco Guccini
Icarus in 21st century
Why we shoudn‘t forget this myth