Messages in Bottles

6 minutes 4 seconds
a video sculpture
dance improvisations by Rulan Tangen
glass, steel, walnut and video
10.5″H x 13.5″W x 5″D

Living within the forest wilderness of the American West as we do is an experience of great beauty. Yet this may become a terrifying beauty. When a fire starts and rages through the trees, we have experienced visceral terror – a pale, slow burning ember that combusts into a raging internal fire. This video seeks to portray that experience.