b e c o m i n g 

According to the biblical creation narrative, the first human being is formed from dust, followed by the creation of woman from a mans rib — and finally comes the act that becomes the center of this narrative and project: the great moment of fall of men through the violation of prohibition and the awakening of self-consciousness.

I reinterpret the biblical narrative as a universal story of transition from one kind of a mental state of existence into another. The ASCII representations are directly composed with verses describing the creation of Adam and Eve and the Fall of Humanity, placed within compositions referencing classical masterpieces on the same theme: Titian’s The Fall of Man (1550), Bartholomeus Spranger’s Adam and Eve (16th century), Harold Copping’s Adam and Eve after the Fall (19th century), and Georg Pencz’s Adam and Eve (1627).

The traditional narrative is translated into ascii language, creating a dialogue between sacred scripture, art history, and contemporary technology.

Difficult choices made consciously open paths toward new knowledge and consequences, while simultaneously demanding that we carry the weight of our actions. Instead of escaping into guilt or suffering, the work proposes the possibility of confronting truth, accepting transformation, and continuing forward.

furthermore, Regardless of the path we choose, we are created from dust, and eventually we return to dust.