Buffalo Biplanes
These are seen at an amusement park that features the adapted reuse of old industrial structures in Buffalo, NY, USA, taken in 2022.
Just for jollies, I let ChatGPT take a shot at creating an artists statement:
This piece explores themes of history, abandonment, and the persistence of memory. The empty, windowless industrial building stands as a relic of the past—stripped of function, yet still bearing the weight of time. It is a space of absence, yet within it, movement and purpose emerge in an unexpected form.
The two World War I biplanes, red and yellow, fly into its open windows without pilots. They are symbols of an era long gone, yet they persist, navigating a space that no longer belongs to them. Their presence suggests both defiance and inevitability, as if history is looping back upon itself, ghostly yet insistent. The absence of pilots deepens the sense of mystery and loss—are they abandoned, like the building itself? Or do they move with an unseen will of their own, embodying the lingering echoes of conflict and human ambition?
Through this work, I invite viewers to reflect on the intersections of time, memory, and the spaces we leave behind. What continues to move within ruins? What histories take flight even in decay? The past does not simply vanish—it finds new ways to re-enter our world, unpiloted, yet ever present."
What a crack-up.... See more of my Buffalo NY images here: www.flickr.com/photos/191087541@N02/albums/72177720303093...
Buffalo Biplanes
These are seen at an amusement park that features the adapted reuse of old industrial structures in Buffalo, NY, USA, taken in 2022.
Just for jollies, I let ChatGPT take a shot at creating an artists statement:
This piece explores themes of history, abandonment, and the persistence of memory. The empty, windowless industrial building stands as a relic of the past—stripped of function, yet still bearing the weight of time. It is a space of absence, yet within it, movement and purpose emerge in an unexpected form.
The two World War I biplanes, red and yellow, fly into its open windows without pilots. They are symbols of an era long gone, yet they persist, navigating a space that no longer belongs to them. Their presence suggests both defiance and inevitability, as if history is looping back upon itself, ghostly yet insistent. The absence of pilots deepens the sense of mystery and loss—are they abandoned, like the building itself? Or do they move with an unseen will of their own, embodying the lingering echoes of conflict and human ambition?
Through this work, I invite viewers to reflect on the intersections of time, memory, and the spaces we leave behind. What continues to move within ruins? What histories take flight even in decay? The past does not simply vanish—it finds new ways to re-enter our world, unpiloted, yet ever present."
What a crack-up.... See more of my Buffalo NY images here: www.flickr.com/photos/191087541@N02/albums/72177720303093...