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Kris Cooley
Final
Huma1301-Hybrid

The year is 2100 and we are evacuating planet Earth. The damage done to this world is beyond
repair and humanity is reaching out to the stars for sanctuary. I have been given the honor and
responsibility of creating a room for people to remember the great art of our ancestors. I
decided that during this somber time of struggle, the sentiments of faith based art might give
some hope to the masses seeking an answer.

I want to create a place for reflection, faith and give a little spiritual healing to those seeking it.
I have chosen masterpieces from several different religions to speak to these questions of how,
why and can I believe? I want to let the art speak for its self and let the story of faith light a way
for the viewer.

To begin with, I have chosen a pagan poem of love. Sappho was a great poet who sang her
songs to the heavens in worship. She never wrote her poems down, so it's amazing that we
have one in full form. The Ode to Aphrodite is a plea to the goddess and tears of the broken
hearted. I want to frame this poem in candlelight, place over an altar so used by the pagan
religion. There would be continuous incense burning upon the altar with elements of earth that
related to the worship of Aphrodite. The lyre would play while this poem is sung in ancient
Greek, the language in which it was it was written.

This poem really speaks to the people about the beauty that can be created with the spoken
word. How faith in something so profound as love can spark a belief in the things that humanity
doesn't understand. It teaches that a few delicately place words can formulate an image of true
divinity.

After this amazing exhibit on pagan faith, the viewer would step in the next planned space. I chose Cave
20 of the Yungang Caves to represent the Buddhist belief. The entrance to this exhibit will be as if the
person is walking through a tunnel into a cave. The inscriptions upon the walls will be the same
replicated sutras that are engraved on the original cave walls. Though we had to employ a shrink ray to
lessen the size of the Buddha sculpture, it will still fill up the room from floor to ceiling. I want society
to awe at its original state. Because size is so important, nothing else would be prevalent in the room.
This way it will have a similar effect that it had on the people of the past. Upon the floor will lie
meditation rugs and the writings of Buddhist tradition would be readily available in any translation.

For the second room, the patron of the museum would walk through a cave like tunnel. Upon these
Walls, the sutras found at the sites of the Yungang Caves, would be engraved. I want to bring Cave
20 with us as the main sculpture of the room. Though Cave 20 is a colossal sculpture of Buddha and
a bohsivatta, I would employ the newest technology of a shrink ray to bring it to the height of the
room available. I want society to awe in its original state. Because size is so important, nothing
else would be prevalent in the room. Upon the floor will lay meditation rugs and the writings
of Buddhist tradition would be readily available in any translation.

This room would be for the people seeking to be enlighten, it would speak to them on a base level of
the Buddhist belief.  Even viewers who aren’t believers could be inspired by the ancient Chinese
devotion to detail and artistry. It would show the craftsmanship of the artist during the 5th century of China.

The final room is going to represent the Christian faith. Since I don’t want to bring an entire building
into a space ship and I think that the real symbolism of the faith within Bramante’s Tempietto is the
crucifixion spot honoring the sacrifice given by the apostle Peter, this would be the floor of the room. I
would also bring the elegant altar that was made in reverence to Peter also. I would design this as a
simple cathedral setting, even installing digital stain windows. Organ hymns would be playing and pews
would be set before the altar.

The viewer would be able to see ancient religious influences within each of this objet d'art. Sappho’s
poem sharing with us the adoring worship of her goddess. Showing the joy and beauty within praise
of divine beings. Cave 20 conveys the immense devotion that can be spent in seeking enlightenment
through meditation. The Christianity portion of the museum has various aspects of its religion entwined
in its presentation. The crucifixion spot demonstrating and honoring the ultimate sacrifice in the name
of faith. St. Augustine’s Confession would lastly establish humanities doubt in faith. As the reader
continues, he/she will realize that doubt is a huge part of faith.

The idea of this museum is to inspire hope. The ideas of spirituality is a trait of human existence that has
impacted humanity in several different ways, but this place is to show the beauty of people’s artistic
creation inspired by religion and glorify the spiritual path that our ancestors have traveled. It is to
represent the harmony of worship, the endurance of faith and the promise of salvation