When you're in outer space, it’s a chaotic mess! If you were out there, all the planets would be pulling on you from all different directions. That’s how I got a spaceship of Japan to the Moon – by having it ride all the chaos.
Chaos Motion
2009-2011
The Chaos Motion series parallel Ed's work in finding new ways to get to the Moon and planets. Chaos Orbit, is in the collection of philanthropist Charles Betlach II, and it was displayed at Santa Clara University in a show entitled Art and Entropy. This series played a role in a musical composition entitled Orbit Design by Derek Bermel, who was artist-in-residence at the Institute of Advanced Study. Abigail Levine choreographs a contemporary dance, 'Distance Measures and Orbit Design', for Orbit Design.
Cosmic Orbit
Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40 inches, July 2009
Universal Dance
Oil on Wood Panel, 10 x 10 inches, September 2010
Flow Through Time
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24 inches, December 2010
Twilight
Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24 inches, January 2011