Titan’s Ringside Rounds Series

Titan’s Ringside Round Series

The Titan’s Ringside Round Series was my first body of work to take shape across multiple art forms, united by a central inspiration: the light cone—a way of imagining time, light, and the possibilities before us.

Developed by mathematician and physicist Hermann Minkowski, who once taught Albert Einstein, the light cone places the present at the meeting point of two cones: one extending toward the future, the other into the past. Their boundaries are defined by the speed of light. In my work, this becomes a metaphor for human possibility: what lies ahead, what lies behind, and the choices we make in between.

In the painting, I reimagine the light cone as a decision tree. Multiple upward-facing cones represent the different futures our choices might create, while a single downward-facing cone represents the past we cannot change. The sun and its concentric rings offer another perspective: a view into the future cone from above.

This exploration of time led to a collaboration with Blancpain, transforming the painting into a timepiece. Its grand feu enamel dial required seven rounds of firing, while the watch’s rotor echoes the repeating geometry of the light cone.

The sculpture, Between Then and Now: A Study in Time, Light and Human Possibility, extends the same idea into three dimensions. Here, the past is smaller, while the future expands like a vibrant flower in bloom. An arrow projects outward with force, expressing the energy and determination with which we move toward what comes next.

Made from bronze, stainless steel, and lacquer paint, the sculpture uses vivid color to express life’s vitality. At its center, the present takes the form of an undulating plane, evoking the oceans that cover our Earth.

Across painting, watchmaking, and sculpture, this series asks one question: how do we give form to the time we inhabit—and the possibilities we have yet to discover?