Cosmogony 2.2

Like its predecessors, this work proposes a creation story. Here the universe is imagined as the product of a stereotypical grandmother’s handiwork: in domestic scale, populated by household floor tile, fussy furniture, and an antimacassar with the four elements. Vintage electric fans operate as the four winds, and an animated electric candle flickers below a wooden “book” of cosmological and alchemical diagrams. The flamboyant clock functions as the sun, while the glass orb features dice, miniature globes, bingo balls, and game parts. The cosmos is not merely a “big bang” but also where we live; this piece imagines the universe as a cozy construction akin to a nicely tatted doily operated on by aspects of chance.