Not exact matches
Each
hidden tomb or bowel of a pyramid has scrolls and items with their own story and
history with
references to actual Egyptian historical figures and mythology.
On top of all that, you can uncover secret areas, collect bits of
history, and even discover a well
hidden Golden Axe (I wonder what that's a
reference to).
The landscape is filled with
references to tribal
history, and Perry also delivers fascinating information on how to
hide and change identity, starting with dumping the cell phone.
Compelling
references continue through the millennia in numerous esoteric texts: the sacred B'on treaties, manuscripts of the Kalki lore, the Puranas, the earliest texts of the Kalachakra Laghutantra, in the even older Kalachakra Mulatantra, and in the ancient wisdom traditions of civilizations throughout the Himalayan regions of Asia and beyond.The Zhang Zhung and Tibetan scriptures refer to the mysterious world as Shambhala I lam - yig, B'on treaties as Olmolungring, Hindu
histories as Aryavarth, Chinese as Hsi Tien, and Russian traditions as Belovoyde.In an esoteric treatise composed in the early 1500s by Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup, the Third Panchen Lama describes his remarkable visit to a land of wise masters
hidden deep in the Himalayas.
Shaw's ongoing dialogue with art
history also punctuates these new works: Liver Is the Cock's Comb
references Gorky's 1944 painting of the same name and continues the theme of wrestling with God and shows Edward Snowden as Prometheus and the hollow fennel stalks in which he
hid fire from Zeus.
The various elements are altered, reformulated and combined to make sculptures
referencing intimate exchanges and personal affections; building upon indirect representations of certain collective
histories and
hidden personal narratives.