The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin is the story that I chose to read and base my sculpture off of. The story starts off with a festival to which I thought of bright and sunny, warm colors. In the middle of the story the tone of the text flips and you start to see into the lives of this world which is dark and disturbing and no one chooses to acknowledge that dark side. I wanted to showcase the different levels of society with three stacking shapes, the top two of which I wanted to represent a door hinge with the idea of a trap door in mind. The colors descend from warm to dark with the texture of fake flower petals to represent the mask that the town wears, hiding the real problem of their society. I used scotch tape to attach the objects together with the purpose of portraying the slight transparency of the town. With the tape, you are able to see in to each level of the objects but not get to what seeps at the bottom. You know there is something there, but it is covered to the point where you can choose not to acknowledge it.
