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A7 - Ipoustéguy’s interpretation of the work he made for the ILL
Appendixes
The fulfilment of Man walking towards Unity
1. The original fire
2. The creation of first member of mankind
3. Prometheus (the liver eaten by a vulture)
4. The atomic bomb destroys man
- physically – legs torn off
- genetically deformed limbs
5. The young pregnant woman; strong hope of the new man looking towards the future.
The onset of labour, legs apart for the birth of the child
6. In labour belly extended
The frame represents the work needed for delivery
7. The birth; the child with head down sent to his destiny, but attached to a framework, the lifetime of work which awaits
8. The child becomes man:
- is going to enter the Institut (science, research)
- is protected from head to toe against the atom
- is pushed by the right leg
- is held back by the left leg
- arms are stretched towards the future (where he’s going)
- hands are raised in a gesture of fear; he fears what awaits while feeling obliged to go; that will be his future
9. The Institut: his destiny of work is represented by a frame through which he must pass.
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