FLUX: Fire
"Echoes of Endings & Beginnings"
(Ongoing)
FLUX is a collection of video art works, an ongoing research on constant change and balance, through the narrative of elements.
The successive chapter of this collection, FLUX: Fire “Echoes of Endings & Beginnings”, is a series of video art works and short films, narrating tales from diverse landscapes, documenting the element “Fire”; a depiction of the mind and the search of
a state of “Consciousness”; through a continuous loop of Destruction and Renewal.
Fire is the symbol of transformation. It is the decomposition and regeneration of energy. It is visible to all the senses. It is sharp, subtle and mobile.
Over centuries, ancient cultures had developed philosophical concepts and thought patterns to grasp the mechanism of life and being. By all means the influence between Hinduism and Buddhism is inevitably lucid, however, the analogy in the realization of elements in completely different parts of the world, such as Aztec, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Indian and Central African communities,
in the absence of any cultural interaction, is truly substantial.
The collection’s main focus is to develop a channel to understand the concept of the mind’s liberation, interpreting the ancient Eastern teachings into a script that is free from the analytical abstraction of the Western approach.
Through this series of video art works, "Echoes of Enginds & Beginnings" aims to construct a holistic and immersive
experience for the viewers, whilst carrying them through a continuous loop of moving inside and outside, encouraging to find a common ground to be the observer and observee concurrently.
Pyra | 2o25
Pyra, the first chapter of the ”Echoes of Endings & Beginnings” collection, is a narrative inspired by the essence of Fire, the element that carries both the light that reveals and the darkness that destroys. It is the bridge between the past and the future.
In alchemy, fire is a fundamental element symbolizing purification, transformation, and the power to transmute base materials into something greater. It’s not merely a physical phenomenon but also a metaphor for spiritual and psychological evolution.
Pyra is the embodiment of Fire. Symbolic across cultures - from Greek phoînix to the Egyptian Bennu - the Phoenix embodies solar rebirth and the eternal return of the light. Meaning “that of fire”, Pyra is inspired by this mythical sun bird, born from the eternal dance of destruction and renewal.
Fire renounces its eternal existence and chooses to incarnate in the material world as Pyra, to expose what is left in the dark. In the form of ember, she listens quietly. and when she sets ablaze, her flames dance as if she digested not just words but the spaces between them. She becomes the bridge between the seen and the unseen. The curtains of Maya - of worldly illusions - fall when there is nothing left hidden. Through the flames, only the truth survives.
Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, where the visuals were predominantly captured, is one of the largest and most significant Hindu temples in the world. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, revered by Hindus as a major pilgrimage destination, where open air cremation rituals unfolds continuously. On the banks of the Bagmati River, this liminal space, fire becomes a portal: returning the body to ash and releasing the soul towards “moksha” - the liberation from “samsara”, the cycle of death and rebirth, central to both Hindu and Buddhist thought.
Pyra is an abstract documentation of this endless cycle - of the echoes of endings and the raw promise of new beginnings.
Written, Narrated & Directed by Deniz Sak
Video Art by Deniz Sak
Music & Sound Design by DZSKN
Contributing Sound Artists & Collectives: Alice Soundz & Free Sound Community
Sound Engineering by DZSKN
Filming Locations: Argentina, Brazil, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Turkey
Country of Production: Turkey
July, 2o25