The hybrid art piece called, "Maelstrom," by Roman Kirschne is a documentation of a black and white sandy substance interacting and moving all over the screen, creating a masterful piece of hybrid art. This piece of art was based off of an Edgar Allen Poe story, however it can also represent lessons that are learned in life. "Maelstrom displays the realities and truths of the world with the fluid coming together and mixing of the dark and the light.
The screen starts showing an all white background with just a small lining of the black sandy substance on the bottom. Within the first few seconds, a black streak rushes to the top of the screen, overtaking the white and blending together, mixing and and spreading over the pure white. This fast blending automatically shows how fast the dark can overpower and take over the white (or light) creating a metaphor for the truth that both good and bad times faced in life, and how the light parts can so easily be destroyed by the dark parts. The dark then continues to spread until the majority of the screen is taken over by black swirling smoke, showing how negativity and depression spreads quickly after surfacing overtaking all that was light and pure. Through all of this part, the art is showing the initial reality of the dark parts of life beginning to set in and take over.
Kirschne then switches the image to a faster moving one, where the light and dark substances are interacting more closely and quicker, with the exception of a black blob that sporadically takes form and moves quickly over the screen, feeding off its surrounding dark spots and leaving behind trails of black. This black blob is the darkness taking effect in life, feeding off of all that is black and leaving behind residue of depression, hurt, or memories; the realities of overcoming difficulties. There is a few times when Kirschne has a white "blast" where the white substance seems to try to overpower, but it is quickly lost and taken over by all of the realities of darkness. It is difficult for the light to shine through all of the black; it keeps coming back. Just like in the world, bad things seem to always resurface no matter how hard we try to "blast" them away.
Kischne changes the perspective again, but this time takes a big step back. It's as if he's trying to say "this is what the big picture is." He shows the viewer the whole surface that he is using instead of just a small piece of it, forcing the audience to view take in the entirety of what is going on. This reveals more white areas that wasn't seen before, showing the positive parts of life that can be hard to find when right there in the middle of all the chaos. This step back also causes the black blobs that are moving around to look much smaller and insignificant, just like some of the difficulties faced in everyday life; when compared to the rest of the world, they can look pretty minuscule.
The fluidity in the piece represents the constant movement of the world, never stopping no matter how much darkness or light is taking up space. This constant movement can make our heads spin when we are aware of everything (dark and light) that is going on in the world. Life never stops moving, and the darkness and light that is experienced in it is always interacting and mixing with one another. Life is a constant balance of good and bad, darkness and light, negative and positive; each cannot exist without the other. This piece of art shows off the realities of this idea of the intermixing of two parts of life in a fluid and creative way.
Kirschner, Roman. (Artist). (2010). Maelstrom. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.romankirschner.net/index.php?movie-maelstrom
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