The Boy that flew too high. Reinterpreting the Icarus myth.

The Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus examines themes and ideas that are universal in all cultures. A father and son seeking for liberation to end their exile in the island of Crete by flying with wings made out of feathers, thread and wax. Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high lest the heat of the sun melt the wax, nor too low lest the moisture of the waters be absorbed by the feathers and so brought him down. Icarus, moved by the irrepressible drive for personal freedom, independence and experimentation dared to invade the realm of the gods and found his death after plunging into the sea. Daedelus, paradigm of the architect, artist and inventor is the loving and cautious father witnessing impotent the epic scene unable to help his son. There is a necessity to attempt to achieve ostensibly impossible goals in order to ensure individual or collective improvement, if only for a moment, even at the price of failure.