Note the words floating over the top of the waves like ungrounded subtitles, subtle yet markedly present in the viewing context as well as emphasizing themes of light and dark over longer periods of time, this time of a more personal kind. So, personal time and infinite time are considered somewhere between waves of light and shadow, word and phenomena, object and space, sculpture and video, and so on...
Lita Albuquerque
Eclipse, 2017
Looping Video
TRT: 11 min, 56 sec
Object: gold-plated bronze
Michael McMillen
Burn, 2017
Mixed Media
As opposed to waves of light and word washing endlessly over a viewer, an acute focus of light-wave reveals the power to transform that which gives light metaphorically (knowledge via books) and the obvious play with forest (paper books) and hearth (the heat and heart of life).
Thus, there are a moments in time when the positions of objects/constellations are such that the power of presence and absence can be felt and understood in terms of both art and relevant life experience. Hence, an astronomical eclipse motivates an exhibition about such matters, and certain works underscore the value of a shifting, visual experience, one that accommodates various layers and perceptions of time.
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