This piece explores an alternative Creation Myth, one that laments the human-animal separation and recognizes the sacredness and kinship to all lifeforms, past and present. In most creation myths, Gods created humans and Gods created animals.Īs we are all descendants of animals, it was in fact animals that created humans and humans that created Gods. He who makes things sprout and ensures that natural cycles of life are preserved. In the Popol Vuh, animals assisted in human creation and were the guardiansĬhaac, the Mayan god of rain is a symbolic representation of the elemental forces of nature. In Mesoamerica, animals were not lower beings but neighbours, alter egos and a way to communicate with the gods. The flower are touch-sensitive, changing their animations in response to a visitor’s attentions.Ī Mayan inspired Rain God surrounded by animal deities. The four speakers surrounding the butterfly are disguised as giant flower pots with LED flowers growing out of them. These are controlled by several computers. Thus the wings flap even when there are no participants move them manually.Īpproximately 38,000 full-color, computer-controlled LEDs cover the bottom sides of each wing, surround the body, and run along each antenna and leg. This allows a gust of wind to push the outer edges of the wings upward. These axles are angled so that the front edges of the wings are higher than the rear edges. Each wing has a front-to-back axle around which the wing pivots. Aluminum strips are across it, onto which are glued LED strips. The structure of the butterfly is bent aluminum tubing. As speakers play classical and classic pop music, images choreographed to each section are displayed on the LEDs. Its wings are hinged so that they flap, propelled by the wind or by participants operating a lever. A 26’ x 14’ butterfly 15’ above the ground.
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