They are not travelers but witnesses, carried across the wet spine of a passing disturbance.
The beast beneath them has no stable name: horse, cloud, wave, nervous system.
It moves because storms move.
The figures remain upright only by habit, as if balance were the final human superstition.
Behind them there is no road.
Ahead of them there is no promise.
Only the long animal of weather and the certainty of being taken.
Dimensions: ? x ?
Year: ~ 1993
Red ink on recycled paper
Atmospheric Riders
The figures are shown in a state of collective transport across the back of a form that cannot be securely identified. Its anatomy suggests an animal, while its extension and instability suggest weather.
For this reason, the image operates between two conditions: riding and being carried.
No evidence of command is visible.
The subjects neither direct nor resist the movement, indicating a passive submission to the force beneath them.
The storm here is not an environment surrounding the riders, but the very body that enables their passage.