They're building a gallows outside my cell, I've got 25 minutes to go…
“The Whole Town Is Waiting” is a comment on mob mentality and how people are alike everywhere, in any era. Are you a bloodthirsty townsperson casting the first tomato? A compassionate child ashamed of the events? An innocent animal wailing at the injustice? Or are you feeling the noose tighten as the one condemned?
And if so, how does condemnation sit with you and does it challenge your own complicity when condemning others? Is this the new world we've built for ourselves or an old one we perpetuate throughout the ages?
The music is a newly arranged soundtrack of Dvorak's New World Symphony Mov iii. This excerpt was chosen because the original symphony musically describes life in early colonial America. The artist arranged, transposed, performed, and recorded this 15 part harmony on the cello.
This is the second work in the DeepCuts series with 3 different on-chain aspect ratios to accommodate digital displays, made possible through Transient Labs using the Doppelgänger contract. 6 total options, 3 with sound and 3 silent, are included to also allow for display without sound.
“The Whole Town Is Waiting”, 1/1, duration: 0:32, digital 3D collage.
The display options within the array:
1:1 square, dimensions 1080 x 1080 at 60.9mb (with sound), option 0.
16:9 horizontal, dimensions 1920 x 1080 at 61.1mb (with sound), option 1.
9:16 vertical, dimensions: 1080 x 1920 at 61.1mb (with sound), option 2.
1:1 square, dimensions 1080 x 1080 at 93mb (silent), option 3.
16:9 horizontal, dimensions 1920 x 1080 at 161.7mb (silent), option 4.
9:16 vertical, dimensions: 1080 x 1920 at 161.4mb (silent), option 5.
This piece is part of the ongoing series “DeepCuts” -3D collages with depth inspired by songs- and includes additional files and certification on the blockchain through Verisart.
Rebecca Rose is an award winning collage artist exploring collaged sculpts and holograms. Her 20+ year body of analog, sculptural, and digital collage has received multiple major artist grants co-sponsored by The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Andrew Mellon Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and Bloomberg Philanthropic.
