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 ===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.
-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 leaves tied to translucent string attached to mechanical pullies 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.
-The room is lit by black lights that run along the base of the walls, and in the room are three raised platforms covered with gray dust, like moon dust.
+The room is lit by black lights that run along the base of the walls. The floor is covered with gray dust spotted with craters with constructed dust free walkways, to give the impression of the moons surface.
+Our project comes from the recent discovery and search for water on the moon.  That raised the question for us, on what life on the moon would be like, and what alien lifeforms would be like.  Which brought us to discussing mythology, especially Chinese myths about the moon, and so is our pieces inspiration.
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