World View

WORLD VIEW

Year: 1982

Materials: Sand, Water, Ammonium Chloride Smoke, Motor, Fans, Incandescent Light, Muslin, Wax, Plaster, Mylar, Glass

Dimensions: Aperture: 3 H x 1/4 W inches (7.62 H x .63 W cm.)

World View revealed an intimate, hidden waterscape of shadow, light and reflection, drawing inspiration from weather systems and simple physics.

A small plaster aperture set at eye-level into a white wall along a hallway invited viewers to look inside. Within, a deep space with multiple events layered into an unknown depth was revealed. In the foreground, a veil of falling sand appeared. Just beyond, narrow beams of light pierced a chamber of ascending atmospheric fog. A luminous reflecting pool drew a horizon of water across the field of view, lit from above and below. Invisible air currents stirred translucent vessels and tall slender cones as they sailed slowly, effortlessly at random over the water’s surface, intersecting rays of light. An intricate burst of revolving shadow and light filled the final perspective of indefinite depth.