![]() His dark element was sunk into the hollows of the earth, and encircled the dismal realm of the underworld.ĮROS The Protegonos of generation. He was a three-headed, incorporeal being with serpentine tail, who circled the whole of creation, entwined with his consort Ananke.ĮREBUS (Erebos) The Protogenos of the mists of darkness. Only late classical writers describe Khaos as a primeval mixture of the elements.ĬHRONOS (Khronos) The Protogenos of time was the very first being to emerge at creation self-formed. From Chaos were descended the other airs: Erebus (darkness), Nyx (night), Aether (light), Hemera (day) as well as the birds. She filled the gap between the bright mists of the heavenly aither and the floor of the earth. She was the mate of Chronus (Time) and like him was an incorporeal, serpentine being who twisted circling around the whole of creation.ĬHAOS (Khaos) The Protogenos of the lower air. His element lay beneath the arch of heaven's dome, but high above the airs of the mortal realm.ĪNANKE The Protogeonos of inevitability, compulsion and necessity. For example Gaea or Thalassa might appear as a woman half risen from the earth or sea.ĪETHER (Aither) The Protogenos of the mists of light which fill the upper zones of air. A few of them were ocassionally described or portrayed in anthropomorphic form, however these forms were inevitably inseperable from their native element. They were, for the most part, purely elemental beings - Uranus was the literal sky, Gaea the body of the earth, etc. The first born of the immortals, who formed the very fabric of the universe, were known in Greek mythology as the Protogenoi ( protos meaning "first," and genos "born"). This cross-disciplinary cooperation focuses on researching the sensory engagement power of an immaterial force like light and how collaborative participatory arts and design methods can influences our way of living in a variety of contexts, scaling from interiors to urban spaces.”Ĭommissioned for Winter Lights as part of Canary Wharf Group’s public art programme of temporary and permanent visual arts.A COMPLETE LIST OF PRIMORDIAL GODS & GODDESSES (PROTOGENOI) GAEA (EARTH) Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aether & Hemera is “an interdisciplinary collaboration to research the aesthetic challenges of light and its power to trigger emotions and response, creating a sense of identity or setting a mood. Aether is Claudio Benghi, the media architect Hemera is Gloria Ronchi, the lighting artist. The etymon of the word ‘voyage’ comes from Latin ’viāticum’, which means ’provision for travelling’, and the aim of the artwork is to allow viewers to travel and sail with absolute freedom to all the places they care to imagine.Colourful paper boats’ on the water invites everyone to make a transition from reality to imagination, reliving childhood memories and embracing our freedom blurring the lines between the real and hyper-real, ‘Voyage’ invites the thoughts of the visitors to cross the borders of their imagination.Īether & Hemera are the ancient Greek god and goddess of brighter upper air and daylight. Aether & Hemera’s Voyage is an installation consists of three hundred floating ‘paper boats’, encasing coloured dynamic LED lights in the Middle Dock of Canary Wharf. The aim of the creator’s artistic vision is “to provoke memories, explore aesthetic interactions and to elicit feelings of connective human experiences in a required-to-participate audience.” The installation is designed to be interactive and people can change the colour of the lights via their mobile phone.
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