I have reworked my ACT window idea. I was panicking a little yesterday when I visited the space because I was envisioning my rotting fruit idea in the space and while it fits the space, and I have all the elements, I realized that the image was really simple and didn't raise any questions. At least none of the questions that I thought it originally raised. So I was thinking about other ways I could show and abrupt change in this domestic setting, something that was definitely off kilter and amiss. I then came up with the image above. This is a little mock up that I have in my living room but it gets to the point.
Basically, in this domestic setting which is obviously the setting for a home maker and a child (both of which are absent except for their chairs and things) a grown man is found cowering under the kitchen table. Only his feet would be sticking out of the back and perhaps his forehead would be pushing out the tablecloth (this would be against the window itself).
I thought the idea of a grown man under a kitchen table could be funny at first, or alarming. It's scary to me as it represents a breakdown or a snap in this man. It's a nod to domestic abuse as well. Don't know. We'll see what the final product looks like.
