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==[[Katarina Sengstaken]], [[Timea Tofalvi]], [[Yuxiang Wen]], and [[Shuo Liu]]: A Faraway Cold Palace (广寒宫)== | ==[[Katarina Sengstaken]], [[Timea Tofalvi]], [[Yuxiang Wen]], and [[Shuo Liu]]: A Faraway Cold Palace (广寒宫)== | ||
===Installation Concept=== | ===Installation Concept=== | ||
A faraway Cold Palace is a room installation featuring sound, lights, leaves, and dust to abstractly simulate the feeling of being on the moon. Our concept of the moon stems from the three Chinese moon myths the story of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e/ Chang'e] 嫦娥, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Gang/ Wu Gang]吴刚 , and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit/ Jade Rabbit] 玉兔. These three myths revolve around a mystical laurel tree that grows on the moon. | A faraway Cold Palace is a room installation featuring sound, lights, leaves, and dust to abstractly simulate the feeling of being on the moon. Our concept of the moon stems from the three Chinese moon myths the story of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e/ Chang'e] 嫦娥, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Gang/ Wu Gang]吴刚 , and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit/ Jade Rabbit] 玉兔. These three myths revolve around a mystical laurel tree that grows on the moon. | ||
We will use sound to represent the myths, the sound of an axe chopping at the tree to illustrate the story of Wu Gang, a fan flapping for the story of Chang’e, and the sound of a mortar grinding as representation of the Jade rabbit story. As for the tree it’s represented by white bay leaves tied to translucent string attached to mechanical pulleys in the ceiling that will slowly raise and drop the leaves. | We will use sound to represent the myths, the sound of an axe chopping at the tree to illustrate the story of Wu Gang, a fan flapping for the story of Chang’e, and the sound of a mortar grinding as representation of the Jade rabbit story. As for the tree it’s represented by white bay leaves tied to translucent string attached to mechanical pulleys in the ceiling that will slowly raise and drop the leaves. | ||
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Image:Moonleaves1.jpg|Moonleaves | Image:Moonleaves1.jpg|Moonleaves | ||
Image:Moondust1.jpg|Moondust | Image:Moondust1.jpg|Moondust | ||
Image: | Image:Archway.jpg|The Room | ||
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* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424993462/douglas-wheeler.html/ Douglas Wheeler], | * [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424993462/douglas-wheeler.html/ Douglas Wheeler], | ||
* [http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/piece/?search=Oslo&page=&f=Title&object=2003.62 Koo Jeong-a], | * [http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/piece/?search=Oslo&page=&f=Title&object=2003.62 Koo Jeong-a], | ||
* [http://www.cremaster.net/ Mathew Barney Cremaster Cycle] | |||