{"product_id":"as-music-like-smoke-ephemeral-original","title":"AS MUSIC LIKE SMOKE, EPHEMERAL (Original)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis large-scale diptych explores movement, sound, and impermanence through a restrained yet expressive visual language. Created for English National Opera Assistant Director Chris Hopkins’s touring project Impressions, the work responds directly to the fleeting nature of live music and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainted in oil on Italian linen, the composition unfolds across two panels, allowing space and pause to act as part of the rhythm. Smoke-like forms drift and coil against a deep black ground, suggesting breath, vibration, and the momentary presence of sound. Within these pale, luminous trails are two hidden ink poems, woven subtly into the smoke itself - revealed only through close, patient looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the poems is drawn from Dide’s debut poetry pamphlet Growing, published by Broken Sleep Books, extending the work beyond the visual into language and voice. The presence of text is intentionally quiet, embedded rather than declared, mirroring how music and meaning are often felt before they are consciously recognised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than depicting performers or instruments, the work captures sensation itself – sound made visible, language dispersed, and time briefly held before it dissolves. Exhibited at Britten Pears Arts, the diptych reflects Dide’s ongoing interest in translating intangible experience into paint, inviting sustained engagement and discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: Oil on Italian Linen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e: Framed 107 x  160cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dide","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303345992011,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/7519\/4699\/files\/Ourfleshismusicsoephemeral.jpg?v=1768400877","url":"https:\/\/artisancollective.co.uk\/products\/as-music-like-smoke-ephemeral-original","provider":" Artisan Collective Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}