Encapsulated Fusion
The coronavirus forced us 15,196.95km and a symmetrical 12hr time difference apart. Upon this separation, we discovered the perfection in our time and spatial distance - simultaneous sunrises and sunsets - revealing a connection through the common sky beneath which we exist.
At this time of day, we are both looking at the sky simultaneously.
At this time of day, the sky acts like a connector - sending the sun from one side of the world to the other. The phenomena of the sun setting and rising is something that has happened as will happen for as long as the earth continues to be. However, regardless of how repetitive this setting and rising action is, the dramatic displacement of light refracting along the atmosphere is unique in every instance.
At this time of day, we photograph the sky, hoping to capture its breathtaking and unique luminescence safely in a digital memory - a means to capture this common sky beneath which we exist. The photographs serve as our act of correspondence but signify much more than that. They bring us together, taking us back and forth in time, like a pendulum travelling across the sky.
The piece features animated compositions that capture colors produced by 9 sunrises or sunsets. The contained lifelike circular forms are intended to be microscopic slides of light, capturing the refraction across the atmosphere on that particular day.
The artistic choice of collecting data from the vast and indescribable sky into a small slide is a means through which we quantify and challenge the concept of time. The fact that these 9 days that we have decided to collect are, in fact, quite a minuscule time frame in the grander scheme of life. The microscopic slides are a way to imitate minuscule units of life, which when all put together - create a significant living thing filled with experiences.
