Baby Grandfathers is transportive to a sublime desert landscape where life and death unfold in intricate patterns and textures. The title speaks to the dichotomy of life in the desert, where tough young yucca trees stand as both the beginning and the end, representing the passing of time.
The use of time-lapse photography, light painting with robots, and filmmaking imbues the piece with a captivating dynamism, drawing you into a world of transformation, growth, and decay. The trees are cast as symbolic figures, standing as both witnesses to and participants in the eternal cycles of life and death that shape our world.
Despite the destruction and decay that are ever-present in the desert, ...