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Piscis-Viator ("Fish-Traveller" in Latin) is a symbol of wanderlust - a strong, innate desire to travel. The design of the "hot air balloon" was inspired by a story by J.L. Borges called "Bahamut" from his Encyclopedia of Imaginary Beings. Bahamut was the enormous fish, a beast of such immense proportions that no one could withstand the sight of it. All of the seas and oceans put together could fit into a tear in its eyes.
Our little humanity sitting in a basket attached to Bahamut, contemplating, moving in an unknown direction...

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Piscis-Viator (2000)
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by Marina Korenfeld

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Piscis-Viator ("Fish-Traveller" in Latin) is a symbol of wanderlust - a strong, innate desire to travel. The design of the "hot air balloon" was inspired by a story by J.L. Borges called "Bahamut" from his Encyclopedia of Imaginary Beings. Bahamut was the enormous fish, a beast of such immense proportions that no one could withstand the sight of it. All of the seas and oceans put together could fit into a tear in its eyes.
Our little humanity sitting in a basket attached to Bahamut, contemplating, moving in an unknown direction...

Materials used:

ink

Tags:
#marina korenfeld #borges #gift #surrealism #fish #travel #etching #mythology #symbolism #travelling #traveller 
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Marina immigrated to the US in the 90s from Odessa, Ukraine, where she got her diploma in Theater Arts and Puppet building. She got her BFA graduating from SVA. In 1999... Read more

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