I think that this is a very elegant way of capturing what you see, and translating it into a different language. Isn’t an installations also another form of art to express a concept, just like dancing, singing, and painting? I am seeing some similarities between the smoke(video) and the ink(picture), Chidi Blessing Nnaji what do you think?
Black Christmas Tree(<– click here to watch the video please)
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Background info on this installation if you guys are interested.
“A 40 feet tall pine tree will be suspended with 2,000 purpose-built black smoke air burst fireworks. Upon ignition, black smoke puffs will ‘light up’ simultaneously from all points in the tree, as though they are twinkling Christmas lights at a tree-lighting ceremony, followed by a cascade of black ink-like smoke that mimics the flowing beauty of traditional Chinese brush drawings. The black tree-shaped cloud of smoke drifting through the air will create a spectral scene of two trees, one real and one ethereal.”
Black Christmas Tree: Explosion Event for Washington, D.C.
2012
Commissioned by Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
This is awesome, and such creative genius! I did see the twinkling “lights” and the trailing smoke tendrils that represented the traditional Chinese brush stroke. I didn’t see the double imagine though. I thought I did, but I’m not sure. May you please pinpoint where in the video it is?
Also, is the tree coming to New York City? It’d be awesome if a couple of us could go see it together. <|=0-)