Region

Creative Rationale

Over the Southern Ocean at 45 degrees south latitude on the Prime Meridian, where the roaring forties meet the vast expanse between Africa and Antarctica, high atmospheric pressure creates a sense of expansive clarity despite the region's typically turbulent nature. The moderate northwest winds at 9.3 m/s drive rhythmic processions of calligraphic marks across a deep atmospheric ground, while the extreme cold temperature anomaly calls for a palette of stark whites and silvery blues against near-black depths. The high humidity of 88% creates layered veils that soften and blur the gestural marks, evoking Lewis's jazz-inflected improvisations as they drift in horizontal bands across this remote oceanic vastness.