New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Dimensions:
Overall: 15′ 5″ H x 12′ 8″ W x 5’9″ L
(470 x 386 x 175 cm)

Elements:
Top Vitrine: Whirling apparition, blue-violet aura, rising and falling horizon arc
Left Vitrine: Golden vortices, cinder landscape , orbiting black spheres, whirling fan
Right Vitrine: Pure white powder landscape, balance beam with pigment cones, gold ring spinning into sphere, incremental traveling line

Materials:
Air, calcium carbonate, coal ash, steel, glass, aluminum, brass, pigment, motors, timers, nylon, full spectrum and black florescent light, incandescent light, and gold

Triptych was designed and built into the New Museum’s large, three-sectioned window on Broadway in New York City and was on view to the public at all hours.

The work featured three distinct realms: a triad. On street level sat two contrasting images, side by side. One side was dark. Ash and dust were in the air; there was a sense of disorder or chaos. Small black spheres orbited erratically. This turbulence was emphasized by illuminated, swirling vortices.

The opposite side was glowing white light. A mountain-scape of fine, white powder set the scene. The geometry of a triangle was traced in the air by a moving black and white, incremental line of measure. This triangle emanated from the brilliant light source. A gold hoop revolved, transforming into a sphere. A balance beam weighed the opposites – black and white.

Above, a glowing, deep blue aura spanned and united the contrasting scenes below. Within the glow, an apparition hovered: a diaphanous, spinning form revolved, tracing an intangible shape in the air; an arc slowly rose and set.