“I saw the cocoon representing an
evolutionary jump in how we could at
times interact with computers; symbolically
equivalent to the black monolith’s instigating
evolutionary jumps in humanity,” says
Zeller. “Furthermore, the museum style uplit baroque room from the film seemed
ideally suited to showcase this design with
its fusion of baroque and futurism, old and
new. So with all this in mind, the concept fell
into place. Our protagonist would work on
a traditional computer and then encounter
the Cocoon in a scenario reminiscent of the
penultimate scene from the film.”