iCons

My research on gold leads me to the subject of icon - a holy picture, a worshipped image. iCons - perverse title I gave to this project refers to the letter "i", the infamous "i" of iPod, iPad, iPhone. These technological inventions of the twentieth century changed our lives. They became objects of worship nowadays, without which we can’t imagine our life. Can we talk about the concept of worship and idolatry in the today’s world? What can be considered as cult images of the XXI century? “In the Orthodox Christian tradition of writing, an icon is a sacred act. The iconographer is a chosen one, a witness to the Church (by line and color) of the divine splendor. His work is closely related to a prayer.” With this project I intend to r