People looked up to the heavens to understand themselves and their place in the universe since time immemorial. Ancient people relied on meticulous observation of light and shadows to determine relationships between the Earth, Moon, and Sun with naked eye. They created stories and sought protection from their worst fears and instincts. Today we use new technologies and similar principles to see trillions of light years away into the cosmos. We look at patterns, light warps, and deep shadows to echolocated ourselves. Thermal Cavity applies similar observation techniques of light and shadows to make the viewers the subject of their own observation. It asks us to notice our own experience in the crosslight of multiple projectors placed around the perimeter of the exhibition space where multiple moving shadows suggest a fluid, non-singular nature of being at different scales simultaneously.The installation consists of projected images of cast glass sculptures, bronze sculptures, and small photographs. Visitors enter armed with small flashlights to discover the artworks up close. The hum and warmth of projectors immerse visitors into underwater, vibrating,  or womb-like, atmosphere. The installation questions the distinction between molecular and interstellar scales of self-awareness and the world we inhabit. 

 

2024, 14x34x24 feet, photographs of kiln formed glass sculptures, projectors, iPads, bronze sculptures, flashlights, small photographs.