To The Stars
In To The Stars, John Romi executes a rigorous structuralist analysis of exterior spatial projection and data suspension.
Eradicating all romanticized clichés of human ambition, the containment field is engineered through a highly stabilized, pixelated matrix of intersecting monochromatic blue frequencies. Suspended exactly within this dense, stratified atmospheric baseline is a central, high-luminosity architectural entity. Composed of rigid, overlapping yellow and beige planar volumes, this core functions as a strictly contained data packet. Embedded within its lower quadrant is a precise extraction of ancient Akkadian linguistic code—asterisk-like Dingir glyphs that act as an isolated semantic anchor.
The resulting Data-Brick completely abandons the illusion of vertical thrust, functioning instead to calculate the exact mechanical equilibrium of a foreign variable suspended within a closed topological grid.
To The Stars
2023
Acrylic on canvas - Mixed Media
48 x 36 inch (121.92 x 91.44 cm)
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