This landscape was inspired by this impromptu dance party that was held on Aug 12, 2013 on Manhattan Bridge. There are 6 musical notes (they resemble swans below the bridge) for the 600 people that were there. The soundwaves across the top of the bridge is the song “Rattle” by Bingo Players. Like most house music songs, “Rattle” has a BPM of 128. Above the bridge there is a excerpt from Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 128”, the second of two musical sonnets. 128 is, also, the amount of program numbers in synthesizers.

“Night Falls for the Great Behemoth” is meant to symbolize the powers at be engulfing the lower masses in a cloud of weak mindedness and despair. Primarily through the use of varying light levels and degrees of hot and cold, each image attempts to develop an increasingly overarching sense of power. This continues until we are only left with the system, autonomously progressing, without any input from the collective. Masonite and cardboard both create stable structures, however the Masonite, in addition to being cut much larger, creates a more dominant and powerful connection than the cardboard. Smooth swooping etching on the main structure and hard angled etching on the small structures are juxtaposed to develop emotion. In total my work used 225 pieces, representing the brainwashing message of Orwell’s 1984  2 + 2 = 5.

This work represents the intersection between humanity, the impression we will leave on the world, and the elements. The different settings each show a different take on this intersection and a new way to view the work through color and light. This work is made from water color sheets to create a representation of the fragility of life. There are 140 pieces to make up a multiple of seven because there are seven continents.