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erik sollom

98-99 cal poly san luis obispo

96-97 el camino college

hades and zeus dwelling

Existing on two opposing sides, a direct interaction between these two would seem almost inconceivable. Hades and Zeus depend on each other to exist. Hades manages the underworld while Zeus watches over the heavens.

Because each of their worlds respond directly to the human life, their only point of meeting could be at the end of such a life (when a gateway opens to allow that life to pass into one realm or the other). It is only at this gateway that the dwelling for Hades and Zeus can exist because both must bear witness upon that soul's rite of passage.

Consisting of one single room, the dwelling sits between the plane of darkness and light. In that room, a single window gazes upon the gateway of passage.