Dark Matter

From the Sleep series. This work explores the dissolution of our consciousness of self as we pass into the abstract world of REM sleep cycles, and the movement of dust in space.

The subject is Shannon Berry Bam, a circus performer, depicted in various sleeping positions throughout the composition. She becomes the essence of dark matter moving towards the Eye of God nebula, which is in turn quietly watching all of our passing history.

Dark matter remains largely theoretical. Not a lot is actually known about it, yet it provides an elegant theory about the density of the universe, and how stars form and dissolve in the nebulae around us.