ADG Perspective

May-June 2022

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M O O N K N I G H T | P E R S P E C T I V E 6 9 with heavenly images of the lives of Egyptian gods. The story of the great Egyptian campaign by Alexander covering the walls. All the hieroglyphs and tombs in the project where chosen and appropriately placed by subject with the guidance of the show's amazing Egyptologist. He translated historical hieroglyphs and helped create new ones for the sets. The atmosphere the shaft of light created made this one of my favorite sets. Asylum The challenge was to design a place that resembles normality and surrealism in the same time. The foundation of the asylum set is based on iconic symbols, white tiles, white walls. The architectural language is the one seen in old mental institutions. The subject is delicate because it touches on mental health, and I wanted to stay away from stereotypes by using just a few details to create a reality that can turn into a dream or nightmare without becoming scary or dark. The common room is where everyone can meet and connect with each other, with a series of corridors and doors that are the cells to Steven/Marc's memories. Long and endless corridors in a square loop lead to multiple doors, rooms that contain memories into MarcSteven's past life. ainful memories, joyful memories, all stored into the asylum's chambers. Tawaret, the god of the afterlife and rebirth, appeared to Marc/Steven in a vision. She is the one that with the Scale of Truth, places your heart in judgment, and with the solar barge takes you to the gate of siris through the fi eld of reeds. The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul resides in the heart and so, upon death, the weighing of the heart took place. Each human heart is weighed on a giant scale against an ostrich feather. Those souls who balance the scales are allowed to start a long and perilous journey to the Field of Reeds, where they will exist in pleasure for all eternity. Hearts heavy with evil tip and fall into the crocodilian jaws of the demon Ammit. After this second death, the soul is doomed to restlessness in Duat. E. ALEXANDER'S TOMB. APOTHECARY'S CHAMBER. ILLUSTRATION.DRAWN BY DOMENICO SICA. F. ASYLUM HALLWAY. ILLUSTRATION DRAWN BY ILM . G. ASYLUM HALLWAY. ILLUSTRATION DRAWN BY ILM. H. ASYLUM HYDROTHERAPY ROOM. ILLUSTRATION DRAWN BY ILM. E F G H

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