{"id":518,"date":"2005-06-30T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-30T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aerial.fm\/?p=518"},"modified":"2023-05-31T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T11:00:53","slug":"black-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerial.fm\/?p=518","title":{"rendered":"Black Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Box installations present fictitious impending air disasters &#8211; freezing the scene moments before impact. Each diorama captures the deliciously traumatic instant of realisation as each tranquil world is visited by alien technology, culture and mayhem.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" style=\"width: 1446px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-519\" src=\"http:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1446\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair.jpg 1446w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair-610x420.jpg 610w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair-640x441.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Installation-pair-681x469.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1446px) 100vw, 1446px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">12&#8243; cubed\u00a0MDF boxes containing fluorescent lit dioramas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-520\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-520\" src=\"http:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-1-white-681x681.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Box 1 &#8211; Japanese business park meets Nippon Air Airbus A320<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Box plays on our ambivalence about air travel &#8211; our romance with flight in conflict with our fear of losing control. These installations explore air travel in the context of the suburban countryside, creating tension by juxtaposing delight and anxiety. The only sites where air \/ ground fusions \u2018naturally\u2019 occur are airports, air-disasters, and air-museums.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-521\" src=\"http:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/aerial.fm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Black-Box-2-white-681x681.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Box 2 &#8211; English suburbia meets British Airways Boeing 747<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These installations use scaled models, forced monocular ground viewpoints, and crazy perspectives &#8211; techniques I picked up from a child &#8211; to generate a thrilling fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Black Box premiered at M+R gallery in 2005 as part of the Wish List group show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Box installations present fictitious impending air disasters &#8211; freezing the scene moments before impact. 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