The Seasons (2007)
10-minute 3D animation, sound
The Seasons portrays a room in which a rapidly transforming forming figure devolves and evolves in counterpoint. A variety of visual, temporal, and conceptual cycles are offset and overlaid so that their movement is obscured. As in life, all is in flux as we move towards death, but we can’t perceive it. Our brains are anchored in our bodies, so we feel fixed. We decay, but we can’t perceive it. In this mix, everything changes constantly, but time seems to stand still, which is the nature of life. A seated woman in a pose of erotic abandon cycles clockwise on a rotating pedestal. As she cycles, she decomposes, a vine of roses surrounding her, blooming and then fading away. The room also revolves, though counterclockwise, while the animation camera pans back and forth. These movements function in counterpoint, to appear only on the edge of perception. The sound for the piece is of crumpling paper.