EXPERIENCES
concave and convex these boxes hug each other |
The floor adjusts in each box so that the eye slits can meet. |
There is an interior light in each box so each visitor can see into the other's box |
From each side of the gallery the boxes eventually come together and are locked and rolled together. |
Locked Gaze-Two 6'6" boxes on wheels were on separate sides of the gallery. The floor within each box could be adjusted for the gallery visitor's height so that s/he could see out of a narrow slit in each box. The door to the box was then closed and the gallery goer was wheeled around loosing a sense of perspective (due to the dark gallery lit by black lights). Finally the two boxes with different visitors were brought together and attached so that the two windows were directly opposite each other. The boxes were latched together and rolled around the gallery. This project created a private space in a public environment and sculpted an extended eye to eye gaze interaction between strangers that would not normally be maintained at a gallery. This has helped me establish and articulate my artistic direction.
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