The Orestia Initial Ideas.

From writing up my summary of the Orestia, I've realised that the main area of interest for me are the characters of the Furies. They so far inspired ideas of potential character designs, piece of concept art, and possible areas of study that the project could manifest in. The first thoughts I had when reading about these spirits, were creepy bird like creatures of death. In the text it describes them as wearing all black, and that the 'blood must continually flow', referring them punishing the one who has already murdered, e.g. blood must continue to be spilt.
Piecing together the creepy bird creature image and possible symbols of death I could use to convey the character of the Furies to a viewer, I was reminded of the Plague doctors with their long beaked masks, empty eyes, outfits made entirely in black and the association they have with a period of history where death was prominent. This idea could also be inspired by the work I've simultaneously been doing on 'The Birds.'

The current ideas I have for the Furies are as follows:
- The continuous blood and black garments promote a red and black colour scheme.
- The idea that they are goddesses/ gods/ monsters of vengeance.
- The idea that they could be personified curses.
- Design them with the aspects of being inhuman; no gender, a monster, try to make a human the least human like I possible can?
- In that trail of thought, a robot sentinel with continuously flowing red wires? Or should this character be something more organic?
- Tribal? In the images above I've included a Tibetan death mask (lower right corner) and a carnival costume of a witch shaman lion. This tribal style really appeals to be and conveys the magic and anonymity of the Furies that I'd like to create if I choose to follow the route of this play.