Eilmer... @ Lump Gallery in March 2009 - thanks for the image Tory
A short manifesto for those who are unaware that it is
possible to sail through the element of air. (Eilmer), 2009
In 1010, Eilmer the young Benedictine monk inspired by Abbas Ibn Firnas’ early manifesto climbed to the top of the Malmesbury Abbey with a set of handmade wings fashioned to resemble those of a jackdaw and jumped into the uplifting southwest wind becoming the first human to achieve a heavier-than-air human flight of about 200 yards. This unfortunately resulted in him crashing into a marsh and breaking both his legs. Eilmer was set to attempt the flight again with a newly made tail but due to his new popularity was later forbidden by his abbot to attempt the feat again fearing that he would take attention away from the church.
The work ‘A short manifesto for those who are unaware that it is
possible to sail through the element of air. (Eilmer)’ a projected animation places Eilmer in eternal flight upon the gallery walls away from the dangers of the abbot and far above the marshy meadows.
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