Born of clay

The Book of Genesis says that God created man from clay.
Whether this is true or not, humanity still seems anchored in clay, subject to that first substance, trapped in it.

The earth, its primordial matter, subjects and defines human actions beyond consciousness as a glimmer of light, the divine spark that should have governed the behaviour and evolution of the human species.

However, the entire known history of humanity is littered with wars, hatred, revenge, and violence.

Rivers of innocent blood have watered the earth in the name of conquests and massacres perpetrated by self-interest and greed.

After millions of years, humanity remains trapped in thick mud that prevents it from evolving, repeating the same patterns, mired in the same despair and arrogance.

The images represent that past and present state. Their symbolic meaning is enriched by the use of two colour palettes, one cold and one warm.

The two reinforce the expressiveness and overall message. The figures appear isolated in the middle of a desert landscape, some with other symbolic references,
emerging from the mud, with bursts of dust, rock crystals, etc.

The expressions and gestures show different states of mind and condition, supplication, acceptance, despair, effort, rebellion or meditation.

Each image represents the condensation of the moment of a particular state, in its composition of figure and background, the feeling is reinforced by
the colour used.

For the images, I used AI with different open source models such as Flux through ComfyUI. To obtain the videos, I used KlingAI and Hailuo.

 

 

This artwork includes a video
The video, in conclusion of the images, represents the hope of liberation, the moment when humanity emerges from the mud and, freed from material density, walks towards a new horizon, an open horizon promising freedom, or ascends to a higher level of energy in manifestation and existence.

In the videos, I used KlingAI and Hailuo (Minimax). The music was generated with Suno and edited with Adobe Premiere Pro.