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I guess color scheme wise it makes sense - there's the darkness, and then of course the yellows and oranges and reds of the flames. I added a noise/dissolve filter to express the poor vision and faint, low humming sounds you can hear while near this installation - the very faint circles represent vague bell-like chimes I can hear when I watch the mirrors spin, it's like flashing lights of a light tower out a sea, with chimes of train bells or maybe ship bells. There's an emphasis towards the left of the picture, which kind of symbolizes my initial surprise and curiosity towards the piece - you could say there's a bit of chronological sequence of my representation of the art experience, just like the sound waves in the background being read from left to right. The white sequence of squares also represent the spinning mirrors - seeing the little glass bulb with dancing flames in them reminded me of those olden-day films and slide-show projectors that used flames for lighting - so the positioning of the white squares rather reflects that as well, making the whole piece also seem like a reel of film or photographs of some sort - the spinning mirrors would catch an instant of the flames before darting and changing to another mirror flash - quite evocative of the flashing lights of a camera.

Other elements which I drew in (but may not be so visible in the darkness) were the hanging red ribbons holding up the glass apparatuses. I thought these were quite important to the piece as well, since they added this floating and surreal feel to the work, which I rather liked. The idea of swaying glass pieces can be seen from the positioning of the circular shapes in my piece - there's a bit of back-and-forth with the circles, which I achieved by varying the soft/hardness of the brush and of course, their positions. Rather like Kandinsky's Several Circles again, but much less complicated. 

Towards the end there's a flare up of colours again - this is not merely for the framing effects, but also for representing the small uplifting of mood as I prepared to leave the installation. I had been concentrating for a while, trying to find more things out about the installation and moving here and there trying to listen for the changing computer-generated sounds. I left feeling quite satisfied with my find, feeling like I had learned something. It definitely felt like an educational experience. There was a very science-experiment-like setup feel to it, with all the flames and glass apparatus, and the mysterious low humming sounds of machines. 

If I wish I had done better, it'd be my inability to represent the hanging glass apparatuses very well. I haven't got a great idea for making abstract hints of glass, unfortunately. There's a very transparent feel to them, something I've never gotten the hang of when it comes to visual arts.

If I had to recommend a piece of music that would go with this installation, it might be Drive (Grundfunken) by Neu!

Like the art piece, it has a repetitive, low frequency sort of humming quality to it. The more upbeat drum parts are like the fire, bouncing up and down according to the sound/music.


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