{"product_id":"fulcrum-open-edition-print","title":"Fulcrum — Open Edition Print","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStardust: 6 × 9 in. · 350 gsm silky smooth card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted in Fayetteville, Arkansas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal: 3 × 4 ft · Spray paint and acrylic on canvas · 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fulcrum is the point everything in motion turns around — the top of a swinging pendulum, the center of a seesaw. \u003cem\u003eFulcrum\u003c\/em\u003e is that point in the \u003cem\u003eJack the Space Dog\u003c\/em\u003e story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStranded on a deserted planet after their folding drive worked, but not the way anyone expected, Aon and Jack choose to merge with the technology of the lost civilization they found there. The AI that has kept them alive so far can do nothing more for them unless they become part of that civilization. The change was never meant for their species, and they go through it without knowing if they will survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey come out of it as wholly new creatures who still look like themselves, with access to technology so advanced it would look like magic. Up to now, most of what happened to them was part choice, part chance. This was entirely a choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe small glowing form Jack is looking at is that AI, appearing as a physical object for the first time after months as a voice spread across the abandoned city. The three bands appear throughout the series whenever something is being transformed — matter into energy, gravity into force. Three bands around a glowing hub was the first image Aon ever had of this story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAon uses the full color spectrum in only a few paintings, saved for the biggest moments. The painting took about two months of painting time, after model-making, model photography and lighting studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack home, Aon's friend Victus, who built the folding drive, believes he killed him. Now that Aon and Jack can turn the planet's technology back on, they have a way home. From here on, the ships and machines of the lost civilization start coming back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aon Alta","offers":[{"title":"Stardust","offer_id":67768663801967,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0596\/7842\/5199\/files\/Fulcrum_SD_RD_84428656-88ba-4f84-a0f4-bc548e657d66.jpg?v=1791957736","url":"https:\/\/aonalta.com\/products\/fulcrum-open-edition-print","provider":"Aon Alta","version":"1.0","type":"link"}