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Ikarus Galuega Autu: Ata Pu'eina Fa'aata by Florian W. Mueller

Ikarus Galuega Autu: Ata Pu'eina Fa'aata by Florian W. Mueller is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Pu'eata Competition Category.


ArioPu'eata· 2022

Ikarus Galuega Autu: Ata Pu'eina Fa'aata

by Florian W. Mueller

Client: Florian W. Mueller Photography

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Pu'eata Category

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The Design

About Ikarus Galuega Autu: Ata Pu'eina Fa'aata

Tusitusiga: O le Ikarus o se fa'asologa o ata pu'eina o lo'o fa'aalia ai fa'ata'ita'iga o manulele fa'asaoina mai ituaiga ua mou atu pe ua matua'i lamatia lele. E fa'aata'ita'i manulele ta'itasi i le tulaga o se ata vali a Rembrandt, ma o le talaaga o ata ta'itasi o se ata pu'eina fa'alautele o fulu o lea manulele. Na pu'eina fa'aata na fa'ata'ita'iga i le aoina o manulele a le Senckenberg Institute i Dresden, Siamani. O le ulutala e fa'atatau i le tala fa'asolopito o Icarus, o le na lele maualuga tele ma pa'ū i le sami. O le Ikarus o le vaega lona tolu o se aoina o fa'asologa e ta'ua o le Neglect. O galuega e gaosia i luga o mea Chroma Luxe i lomiga fa'atapula'aina.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Ikarus Galuega Autu: Ata Pu'eina Fa'aata, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Ikarus Galuega Autu: Ata Pu'eina Fa'aata e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Ikarus Galuega Autu: Ata Pu'eina Fa'aata o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Here are photographed specimens of animals, most of whose species are extinct. For this series Dr. Martin Päckert, the head of the ornithology section of the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, he supported me very dedicated in my work.
In painting, the foolish or overconfident person is often depicted as Icarus.
Dimensions & Packaging
Produced artworks are in the size 120 x 90cm, 80 x 60cm available. All strictly limited to 5/10 pieces.
Tags
animals, photography, endangered, extinct, birds, environment, portrait, Rembrandt
Production Technology
Digital Photography, produced on ChromaLuxe material.
Design Challenge
The challenge was to set the prepared birds in scene like in a Rembrandt painting. The background of the portraits is a macro-photography of the feathers of each bird.
Research
I found that in the collection of the Senckenberg Institute in Dresden the most rare examples of extinct bird species are collected.
From a project before I had the contacts to the institute and they immediately said yes, when I asked to photograph the examples for my project. Then Dr. Martin Päckert helped me a lot with the taxonomy and the names and the origin of the birds and the preparations.
Inspiration
We know the legend of Icarus, whose father Daedalus built wings of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape from the captivity of Minos on Crete. The son Icarus became overconfident, the wax melted, he fell into the sea. Despite his father’s warnings.
Despite warnings and admonitions, we spiral into ever higher and warmer and warmer climes, and the crash is not far away. Okay, maybe that’s a bit drastic and striking. But all photographed birds are either extinct or highly endangered.
Project Duration
It took nearly a year of research and preparation, two days of shooting and around 2 weeks of post-production.
Operation Flow
This is the third series of my collection of series, called NEGLECT. All endangered or extinct species.
I had the wonderful chance to photograph in the ornithology institue of the Senckenberg Institutes in Dresden, Germany.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Florian W. Mueller, 2022.
Image Credits
Credits:
Leica Camera Germany
Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden
ChromaLuxe
Photography Zingst

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