The Flying Turtle/Bane of Aeschylus , Ed. of 9. 2025
Bronze
60 x 26 x 32 in.
The Greek playwright (and so-called Father of Tragedy) Aeschylus was warned by the
Oracle of Delphi that he would be struck down by a heavy object dropped from the sky.
In panic he fled to the open countryside – but was killed when a turtle fell from the
talons of a large eagle. This rendition of the turtle appears mid-flight transformed into an
elaborate automaton. Its visible gearwork evoke the Antikythera mechanism – often
dubbed the world’s first computer – discovered in a shipwreck from the 2nd century
BCE. Equal parts myth and machine, The Flying Turtle nods to the strange ways in
which fate can find us, even in the wide-open fields…
The Flying Turtle/Bane of Aeschylus , Ed. of 9. 2025
Bronze
60 x 26 x 32 in.
The Greek playwright (and so-called Father of Tragedy) Aeschylus was warned by the
Oracle of Delphi that he would be struck down by a heavy object dropped from the sky.
In panic he fled to the open countryside – but was killed when a turtle fell from the
talons of a large eagle. This rendition of the turtle appears mid-flight transformed into an
elaborate automaton. Its visible gearwork evoke the Antikythera mechanism – often
dubbed the world’s first computer – discovered in a shipwreck from the 2nd century
BCE. Equal parts myth and machine, The Flying Turtle nods to the strange ways in
which fate can find us, even in the wide-open fields…
The Flying Turtle/Bane of Aeschylus , Ed. of 9. 2025
Bronze
60 x 26 x 32 in.
The Greek playwright (and so-called Father of Tragedy) Aeschylus was warned by the
Oracle of Delphi that he would be struck down by a heavy object dropped from the sky.
In panic he fled to the open countryside – but was killed when a turtle fell from the
talons of a large eagle. This rendition of the turtle appears mid-flight transformed into an
elaborate automaton. Its visible gearwork evoke the Antikythera mechanism – often
dubbed the world’s first computer – discovered in a shipwreck from the 2nd century
BCE. Equal parts myth and machine, The Flying Turtle nods to the strange ways in
which fate can find us, even in the wide-open fields…
