
1899: A Dream Adrift on Myth, Memory, and the Maze of Time
The series 1899 was the second series by Baran bo Odar. The first one was Dark—in the sci-fi genre, which I still consider the most perfect piece of work ever made. Baran’s second series, 1899, is essentially floating on water. A ship named Prometheus went missing four months ago, deep in the Atlantic. Another ship, named Kerberos, en route from London to New York, receives a signal midway from a ship that might be Prometheus. While searching for Prometheus, they encounter unbelievable truths and lies. In short, that’s the story in two lines.
The series 1899 was filled with mythology. The four most focused symbols were—Prometheus, Kerberos, the pyramid, and the Allegory of the Cave. These symbols and their background stories are quite interesting.
First symbol: Prometheus.Accordi...