Looking Down on the Bible

Posted December 11th @ 10:22 am by Chris Salzman Print This Post

Some fascinating works of art from The Glue Society.

The Glue Society’s co-founder, Jonathan Kneebone, said: “Art has always depicted religious events and this is simply a new way to do it.

“We’re playing with the whole idea that if you capture something from a satellite it must exist.”

He described the images as a “digital jigsaw puzzle” created by piecing together real satellite images.

(HT: The Kouya Chronicle)

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Kyle Latino
December 11, 2007 at 10:46

Impressive images. I can imagine that it took a long time to create each one. It is refreshing to see some innovation in religious art.
Jason Wells
December 11, 2007 at 12:11

I appreciate the combination of the two arenas. Technology and theology are usually two “separate but equal” spheres.

Christians have a great tradition of interacting with culture in just such a way, honored by Augustine and Karl Barth. More on that later. But, at our best, Christians should be mashing up technology and theology to create art and to express love for God.
John
December 11, 2007 at 15:21

Love to look at those images and wonder if anyone took pictures of the real thing so long ago. When we get home we can ask. In God’s Grace John
John Ferguson
December 11, 2007 at 16:30

cool pictures, bad website. Their site design is interesting for a couple of minutes, but only homestarrunner.com does flash even remotely right.