The view of a dark sky, covered with rain and storm clouds, evokes dark and dangerous things, such as in Greek mythology: Skylla, the sixheaded sea monster that Ulysses had to pass on his way home after the end of the Trojan War. Scylla, shifted from the sea to the sky due to the initial syllable, is represented by the image on an ancient Greek vase. The original vase can be viewed in the Louvre, Paris. Skylla in the European spelling begins with the English “sky” and can therefore be easily mistaken for heaven.

The photograph is of the sky over Callantsoog, North Holland, and the work is therefore part of the ‘Playing around with Callantsoog skies’ series. The SKY series explores the theme of “SKY” on three levels: visual, written, and sound.