Passing to the other side The fabric of time and space open air studio Shinnecock Hills spacetime.

Clay, Brick, Cement, 62” x 62” x 76”

A project commissioned by The U.S. State Department: Art in Embassies (2016)

Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 6:32 a.m.

55° sun rising 6:27 a.m. Khuzestan, Iran picture from window (right)

War-ravaged lands “known” from the safety of my home appear on a screen above mapping the plane’s trajectory in space. Still from the movie watched by another passenger. The flight path is east from New York polar opposite to traveling westward in 1999. (Select October 10th; return trip November 1 and 5)

Looking through fogged double glass windows, I see illuminated grids, roads, and buildings, just like in the videos via drone. Flickering lights trace the movement of things on Earth. A man paraglides through space. The crescent moon hangs high in the sky. Does the sound of this jet engine, the side of its contrail stretching like a snake across the water evoke fear?

The length of visible light is 11 h  44 m. Length of day, 10 h 53 m.