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Illuminated encaustic (wax) on clear acrylic panels. Sensors trigger lights to rise from behind the painting, revealing an image hidden beneath the surface.
6.5 x 17.5 x 1 feet. 4 panels: each measuring 6.5 feet high x 4 feet wide
The panels are 6-1/2 feet tall, immersing viewers in a full-scale landscape.
DETAIL — The front image appears like a ghost backlit. Areas have been scratched through appear bright white.
DETAIL — Traces of the front image appears as a ghost in the fully-illuminated view — these eyes have been scratched through the wax.
DETAIL — front image “bleeding through”
DETAIL
SecondSight as a set for dance with Kinetech Arts. Integrated with interactive technology, sensors, projections, animation, and live iPad drawing / photo by Andrew Sherman Photography
We never know what underlies the calm surfaces of the people around us. Second Sight speaks to stories of migration and change—the struggles people undertake to change their circumstances. Second Sight encourages us to look beyond the obvious, to take an active part in exploring the worlds beyond, and to remember we can never know what someone has been through.
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Exhibit history:
The Fromm Institute at University of San Francisco / 2023
TheOtherSide / Kinetech Arts / ODC, San Francisco / July 2014
Installed as a set-piece for a dance performance using interactive sensors and projections for Kinetech Arts
San Francisco International Arts Festival / Fort Mason, San Francisco / May 2011
PAC/Edge Arts Festival / Performing Arts Chicago / The Athenaeum
Chicago, IL / March 2003