Han Solo in Carbonite by Daniel Arsham
io9: Tell me about the design process to give these pieces the appropriate amount of wear and tear. Where do you start, how do you know when you’ve reached the end, and have you ever gone too far that the image wasn’t instantly recognizable to the image?
Arsham: The works often have the sense that they are in a state of erosion. They feel as if we’re reviewing them in some future scenario, where the works are appearing in a state of decay, like a we’re in a future Archaeological Museum. But, they contrast that by often being made of crystal—which is a material that we associate actually with forward entropy. So, the question for the audience is: “are the works falling apart, or, are they actually growing to some kind of completion, forming in front of our eyes?”
