Allegory of the Fall of Sentience

This piece was inspired by Richard Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion map of the Earth (left), in which the map of the planet was moulded from an icosahedron and rearranged, so the continents were combined into one vast piece of land, as was the oceans. To me this map underlies subtle emphasis of the unity of beings of different races and species. It also compromised the figure of a huge otherworldly being (the continents) making connection with the lonely Antarctica. The white-suited figure in the far most right represents Antarctica while the black-suited deities represent the spiritual deities of the respective continents in physical form; they are engaging in modern activities and heated discussion in the fate of the Antarctic, a symbolism of the polar regions, environmental fragility and climate change. In the centre near the figure representing Europe are the North pole and its neighbouring islands, represented by a reincarnated spirit which was also burning away but hatching and ready to avenge its fallen friend down south (Antarctica). The template of the deities was based on my constant improvisation of the major apotheosised, modern-day characters, rushing from the sky and rising from the grounds to ‘attack’ the still White, falling South pole.

Created By

Yin Yung Sabrina Pun