The Bible, seen from outer space

published in arts by seven

The crossing of the red sea

A group of Australian artists called The Glue Society has recently displayed a project that will surely be controversial. The work consists of a set of digital pictures that try to represent a series of biblical episodes just as they would be seen through a satellite, such as with Google Earth. Above, we can Moses crossing the Red Sea. It's funny how these pictures are close to our own stereotypes...

The cucifixion

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (look closely)

Noah's Ark after the Deluge

The name of the collection “God’s Eye View” coincides with Isaiah 40:22
“He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers…”

The Glue Society

About the author: seven, Obvious co-founder and author, presently retired, during a long time he was the responsible for the editorial line definition.

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