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ArtistDuring early evening, in an open courtyard of a completely abandoned, decaying residential area, the two hemispheres of a very large Japanese suzu bell are joined together with a metal hinge that is fastened to the outer lip or outer circumference of each bell-hemisphere. The bell is actually hollow, and it is made of two halves which are formed by splitting the bell into two hemispheres, along the visible equator of the spherical bell. The sturdy metal hinge fastens to the outer, circular rim or “mouth” of each equatorial half. But in the center of the courtyard, in the dim light, just after the sun has already set, the large suzu bell is on the ground, on its side. When the two equatorial halves of the metal suzu bell joined with the metal hinge are slightly parted, the opened bell looks analogous to how a clam has its two shells fastened by a hinge ligament. The parted hemispheres of the bell are opened wide enough for the viewer to see a glowing blue ember floating inside, casting a piercing blue light in the area surrounding the bell. In the courtyard where the bell is found, there are open cracks in the ground because of a recent earthquake. The nearby abandoned residential ruins are completely deserted and falling apart, revealing the underlying foundations, here and there. In the vicinity surrounding the bell, there are old-fashioned apothecary bottles made of frosted glass with ground-glass stoppers littering the ground everywhere. However, the glass stoppers that used to be in these chemical bottles are now also littering the ground. The architecture of the abandoned residential ruins is Victorian.
A wide angle medium shot shows a rusty metallic sphere split open, with each half resting on cracked earth, surrounded by many old glass bottles. The sphere is hinged in the center, and inside each half floats a glowing blue crystal casting a light. In the background is an abandoned Victorian style mansion with broken windows, crumbling walls, and overgrown vegetation. The sky above is overcast, suggesting dusk.