Shadow Machine

Ann Hamilton, Artist

Myein

The United States Pavilion
48th Venice Biennale 1999
Venice, Italy
June 13, 1999-November 7, 1999

The word myein is an ancient Greek verb meaning "to close the eyes or mouth." Linked to the initiation rites enacted in medieval cults, the closing of the eyes or mouth refers to the secret status surrounding their rites. Across time, myein has come to stand for that thing which has not been, or cannot be, explained.

Hamilton's interest in the temple form as an idealized image projected onto civic space led her to engage the neo- classical building of the United States pavilion as both subject and object of the project. It was a meditation on aspects of American social history that, like weather, are present and pervasive in effect but which remain invisible or unspoken. Her self-given task was to make a place in which this absence could be palpably felt and to create a space simultaneously empty and full.

Text and images from annhamilton.com.  Link here to see and read more. 

Yayoi Kusama, Artist

Obliteration Room, Drawing on objects, installation

Introduction to Artist

Drawing on Objects, Video

Fireflies, mirrors, reflection, light, shadow, installation

Carbon Obscura, Artist

Rebecca Travis, Artist

Untitled, (2011)pin prick drawing on cartridge paper, 35mm mix media slide projection.


Source link here. 

Sian Bowen, Artist

Sian Bowen, from “Gaze” series, 2007,
 palladium, silver and pigment on laser cut and pin pricked paper mounted in lightboxes.“Dust has implications about time, about something that can both cover and be removed from a surface. It can transform our understanding an object or a space – and how it is located in time.”

Sîan Bowen – extract from interview with Tony Godfrey, August 2010

Dust on the Mirror is the title of a current international group exhibition in which I am taking part at Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham and which has been curated by Tony Godfrey and Neil Walker. Taking its title from the Bhagavad-Gita in which Krishna uses the metaphor of dust on the mirror to explain levels of spiritual consciousness, this exhibition brings together five artists from the eastern and western hemispheres.

Given the central role that the ephemeral is plays in my current project at the Rijksmuseum, the opportunity to participate in the exhibition and gain insight into how themes of transience have been explored by the other exhibiting artists, Donna Ong, Chris Cook, Susan Derges and Charwei Tsai, was very revealing.  Further information on the exhibition can be found at:www.lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibitions.html  

Image and text source is Suspending the Ephemeral.  Link here. 

Holly Naylor, Artist

"I began pin-pricking old postcards I had found in Kazimierz market in Krakow and started to pin-prick according to tonality within the images. I however quickly progressed to the film photographs I had taken of light blurs by the Quayside in Newcastle in January before I had arrived in Krakow. I became interested in the layering of drawings, and how I considered my film photographic pieces as drawings in themselves, and so to pin-prick over the photograph was to draw over an existing drawing. The pin-pricks look as if I have almost graffitied or scribbled over the photographic drawing, with the background lighting illuminating/ highlighting certain details of the drawing tonally as if you would with the intensity of pencil tonality."

Image and text source from Holly's blog.  Link here. 

Miso, Artist

"In her recent Sydney exhibition, young Melbourne artist Miso brought together a collection of works made with fine pin pricks on paper. These pieces are a reflection of her personal experience of travelling over the last few years. Drawing inspiration from indigenous artists, Dorothy Napangardi, Miso’s work maps stories and memories of the land as she travelled through it."

Image and text source is Yellow Trace.  Link here. 

Shadows

Source is The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.  Link here. 

Christian Boltanski, Artist

"In the past three decades Boltanski has become an exponent of the "culture of memory" with his spacious installations and the very atmospheric settings of his works. The artist’s images make a complex impact. His intention is not to erect permanent monuments, but to activate memory, i.e., to promote a culture of memory that constantly underscores the living in the face of what has been lost. The Les archives du coeur project in which the artist is in the process of installing an archive of humanity’s heartbeats on the island of Ejima in southern Japan, is also to be seen in this context."

Image and text source Kunst Museum.  Link here. 

Anne Bevan, Artist

"The shining silver shape of Moon Poolon the forest floor looks quite out of place. It stands out because of its colour and its materials, which contrast with the forest’s natural tones and textures. The artist has tried to achieve a cold and silvery appearance in the work with the ripples on the surface. As the title suggests, the sculpture sparkles like a water pool reflected by the moon. The idea of a moonlit pool in the middle of a forest brings to mind ideas of ancient myths, magic and folklore associated with the woods.  This artwork has been developed in response to its chosen site. The artist knows that the pool will respond to and change with nature and particularly the natural light as it changes from morning through day until night, which may be pitch black or even moonlit.  Anne also likes to questions the role of public sculpture within such a context.  She thinks about how people will respond to it. It's as though it tells its own ancient folk tale and people can become a part of the story by walking on it and around it.The artist has also considered the site of the artwork and its proximity to the sea and the nearby offshore oil industry. From the forest floor you can regularly see and hear helicopters fly overhead on their way to the oilrigs. Another interesting association is that 'moon pool' is the name used to describe the space in an oil platform where divers are lowered into the sea."

Image and text source is Education Scotland.  Link here to see more work by this artist and others. 

Wittner Fabrice

Light stencils.

Adrian Merz, Artist

Adrian Merz from Switzerland, a student in visual communication, created the 'Winter 1972' project by using thousands of white post-it notes in a living room.
Link here. Merz documented the entire process.