Music Response: Step Out

Step Out by Jose Gonzales is an anthem of sorts, full of peaks and valleys that drive a sensation of rising, movement, and the experience of standing on the precipice. The collage I created is a response to this. Taking and exaggerated form of the sound pattern from the song, I reflected a concocted mountain scape across a horizon line from a city skyline (New York to be exact). The result is a feeling of movement and, more importantly, transformation from one plane to the next.

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The entry sequence reflects the same qualities as the collage by contrasting differing ideals across an entry plane. A grid of raw timber beams is arrayed along one sector, growing in volume as they ascend. Lights at both their base and peak exaggerate their rhythm. Opposite the grid is a hardscaped plain which opposes the grid while still maintaining its datum. Cold and rigid, this directly opposes it counterpart.