The Deluge

Submerged Ruin, Time Portholes & Spectral Memory A speculative visual archaeology of New York City submerged in the distant future. Part Pompeian preservation, part post-industrial Titanic wreck, this series explores iconic urban architecture re-claimed by ocean depths and time. Through heavy palette-knife impasto, rusted iron glazes, and luminescent water passes, these works act as portholes through time—where echoes of the past whisper through drowned steel and backlit currents.Each work is available as a museum-grade, large-scale Duratrans LED Lightbox installation (Size TBD) with verified 1-of-1 digital provenance.

Post-Human Gotham No. 1 Aperture of the Aftermathby Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
1. Aperture-Two-Aftermath: The Guggenheim after the flood. Angelic shell-headed beings play music outside a rotting museum for the three-headed conjoined twins.
Digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
Post-Human Gotham No. 2 Desert DriveIn by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
2. Desert-DriveIn: The Ghost Lot. 1949 Dodge sedans inhabited by the dead, watching the asylum burn in the desert.
Digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
 Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
Post-Human Gotham No. 3 The Golden Aperture by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
3. The-Golden-Aperture: The Steam-Punk Lens. Looking back at a submerged New York through the traces of sorrow and memory
digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
 Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
                     
Post-Human Gotham No. 4 The HMS Discovery by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
4. The-Discovery: Titanic and Chrysler. Future travelers witness the side-by-side ruins of the Titanic and the Chrysler Building in the silt.
digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
 Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
 1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available

Post-Human Gotham No. 5 Traffic Light by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
5. Traffic-Light: The Submerged Signal. A silent traffic light surrounded by the debris of a drowned civilization.
digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
 Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
Post-Human Gotham No. 6 Invisible Light by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
6. Invisible-Light: Neptune in Grand Central. A giant squid and the god Neptune preside over the flooded main hall.
 digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
 Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
 1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
Post-Human Gotham No. 7 The Empire Aperture by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
7. The-Empire-Aperture: Whales in the Empire. Whales and 1940s cars circle the dilapidated Empire State Building.
 digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
 1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
Post-Human Gotham No. 8 Aperture One by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
8. Aperture-One: The Fallen Pilot. The ruined Chrysler Building provides the backdrop for a downed F-15 among circling sharks.
  digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
 1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available

Post-Human Gotham No. 9 The Silence by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
9. The-Silence: Center Field Liberty. A sperm whale investigates the Statue of Liberty in the center field of a sunken Yankee Stadium.
digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
 Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
 1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available


Post-Human Gotham No. 10 The Awkward Symmetry by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
10. The-Awkward-Symmetry: Skeletal Jerry. Long dead, Jerry holds a beachball in the Titanic as fish swim through his bones.
digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
 Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available


Post-Human Gotham No. 11 Precision and Intimacy by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
11. Precision-and-Intimacy: Intimacy in the Flatiron. The conjoined triplets share a moment as the Flatiron Building stands against the tidal currents.
  digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
  Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
Post-Human Gotham No. 12 The Celestial Convergence by Richard Rosenbaum – Futuristic underwater wreckage of New York City featuring submerged iron architecture, bioluminescent light passes, and heavy digital palette-knife textures for Duratrans LED Lightbox.
12. The-Celestial-Convergence: The Silver Planet. A stateroom in the Titanic looks out onto the M100 galaxy through a 600,000-gallon fish tank portal.
digital Canvas & Hybrid Light Sculpture
Archival Duratrans on Calibrated LED Panel (Size TBD)
1-of-1 Digital Provenance Available
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