ILLUSTRATION

Xbox
Standing Tall Between Earth and Space 

Just days before its release of Xbox Series X and S, Microsoft Corp. unveiled a 40-foot-tall replica of the Xbox console in the dreamlike setting of Washington State’s Gorge Amphitheatre. The structure – four stories tall and edge-to-edge with LED – became an ode to dreams featuring a rotation of art from local artists as part of the “Power Your Dreams” Xbox campaign. In this expansive landscape, if only for a short time, we could see a window into others’ dreams…  For me, power came to me as a kid who refused to be stuck on the practicalities of reality. I rooted my digital design for this Xbox structure in a young man standing tall, focused ahead on possibility – the immense potential of his imagination looming halfway between Earth and Space.   My message in this installation is to “Dream big like the Sky. There is no ceiling. There are no boundaries.” Being showcased at the Gorge amid nature’s wide-open and ever-evolving backdrop placed the dreams I had as a young artist into a landscape that brought them to life.