Projects > As If His Throat Opened Into the Void of Stars, 2010
"As if his throat opened into the void of stars," 2010. Sculptural projection, 9 x 16 ft wall, diamond dust, 16 ft brass pole, HD projector. 5min. loop
Along a path at once apocalyptic and serene, mystic and scientific, the work weaves a world where myth, daily news, distance and natural disaster are interconnected. Based on Ovid's story of Erysichthon in "Metamorphose, " greed and destruction cause the gods to curse man with insatiable hunger; after consuming all wealth and natural resources, he eventually devours himself. “As if his throat opened into the void of stars” layers footage of an erupting volcano billowing clouds of smoke and ash into the stratosphere with a dancer practicing in her basement through a symbiotic digital interface. The moving images are set within a sound collage mixing DIMI synthesizer, Funk, Hildegard von Bingen’s Harmonia and helicopter blades.
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Along a path at once apocalyptic and serene, mystic and scientific, the work weaves a world where myth, daily news, distance and natural disaster are interconnected. Based on Ovid's story of Erysichthon in "Metamorphose, " greed and destruction cause the gods to curse man with insatiable hunger; after consuming all wealth and natural resources, he eventually devours himself. “As if his throat opened into the void of stars” layers footage of an erupting volcano billowing clouds of smoke and ash into the stratosphere with a dancer practicing in her basement through a symbiotic digital interface. The moving images are set within a sound collage mixing DIMI synthesizer, Funk, Hildegard von Bingen’s Harmonia and helicopter blades.
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