Great Lyre (Sumerian Harp)
In The Great Lyre, John Romi maps the world's oldest acoustic technology as a severe mechanical frequency generator.
The background is a rigid, modular matrix of high-saturation orange and yellow thermal frequencies, establishing the baseline physical energy of vibration. Bisecting this grid is a centralized, vertical column of transparent blue architectural entities. At the base of this column, aggressive, intersecting diagonal vectors explicitly codify the mechanical propagation of harmonic algorithms traveling through atmospheric density.
Anchoring this spatial environment are the raw semantic codes for the instrument itself, rendered as highly conductive, metallic gold cuneiform extrusions that physically lock the acoustic variables into absolute mechanical equilibrium.
The Lyre (Sumerian Harp)
2022
Acrylic and mixed media (with gold) on canvas
48 x 24 inches (121.92 x 60.96 cm)
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