Spheric Storm

SPHERIC STORM

Art Galaxy, New York, NY (visible 24 hours a day)

Dimensions:
Aperture: 18″ H x 25″ W (46 H x 64 W cm)
Interior: 10′ H x 16′ W x 31′ D (305 H x 488 W x 945 D cm)

Materials:
Water, sand, pigment, steam, rubber, steel, silk, pumps, motors, mechanical timers, blowers, plastics, diodes, incandescent and arc lights

Elements:
Sparks of light, revolving star nebula, electric arc, narrow waterfall, blue-black volcanic landscape, breathing plane, blowing golden wheat field, ultramarine blue whirlpool, billowing plumes of steam, sheet of rain, mountain stream, rotating needle, terracotta terraced landscape, streams of forced air, and lightning

Cycle:
Four minutes

Spheric Storm involved the complete transformation of a Manhattan gallery into a unique theatre. Accessible 24 hours a day, an aperture on the street invited viewers to look in, where an epic four minute cycle began and ended in complete darkness.

The drama slowly developed from a black void to a dramatic crescendo, in the form of a fully animated storm. The dominant metaphor was the cycle, referring to both genesis and death, to our own mortality, to all cycles.

Spheric Storm 5’25”