Seeking a space to work in the winter of 2021, TARWUK seized the opportunity to occupy a large studio previously used by the painter Ron Gorchov, who had passed away the previous summer. Taken with its tall ceilings and almost stage-like architecture, the duo had a collective thought to create a large painting, but then it occurred to them that the scale of the canvas they tacked up on a 16x16 ft. wall suggested a theatrical backdrop.