The Glue Society, the creative agency that came up with the great molten ice-cream van for last years’ Sculpture By the Sea, has produced a series of 4 photographs depicting biblical scenes from the perspective of a Satellite photo called God’s Eye View.  The photos depict the garden of Eden, Noah’s Ark as the waters begin to recede, the parting of the Red Sea & the crucifixion of Jesus.  This is the same creative agency that did the ‘no-one thinks big of you‘ campaign for the RTA and the Chaser’s international billboard campaign.

Glue Society’s creative director Jonathan Kneebone, not one to shy away from controversy, has said that 

God’s Eye View was not intended to be a theological statement. "Art has always depicted religious events and this is simply a new way to do it," he said. "We’re playing with the whole idea that if you can capture something from a satellite it must exist."

The images are really quite impressive, constructed from multiple images as they are.  For example the sides of the pulled-back red sea are actually shots of Niagara Falls & some of the Garden of Eden is constructed from shots in Belgium (does that make Belgium Heaven on earth?)

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