The Light of Final Moments

In The Light of Final Moments, an installation of video projection, digital screens and sculpture, I seek to create an emotional landscape that grapples with the light and shadow of a time and place, one that touches upon loss and regeneration, as well as the rhythm of holding and letting go. What matters most in this process is not the details of a specific time and place per se, but how time alters the way we live with and within ourselves; and how the liminal state brought about by repetition creates a place where time is unmoored.

Photography: Julia Featheringill

Full Artist Statement
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The Light of Final Moments, 2024, HallSpace
Installation View #1

 

The Light of Final Moments 2024/25 (two channel video projection) Installation Detail, HallSpace, Dorchester, MA

Ashes, 2024 (1:15 minute video loop)
Western Pennsylvania, USA, 2023

 

The Light of Final Moments 2024/25 (two channel video projection) Installation Detail, HallSpace, Dorchester, MA

The Light of Final Moments 2024/25 (two channel video projection) Installation Detail, HallSpace, Dorchester, MA

 

The Light of Final Moments, 2024, HallSpace
Installation View #2

 

The Light of Final Moments, 2024, HallSpace
Installation View #3

 

Portrait, 2024 (3:22 minute video loop)
Lindenberg, Germany, circa 1973/74
Photo source: Barbara Stenzel

 

The Light of Final Moments, 2024, HallSpace
Installation View #4

 

Passage, 2024 (3:38 minute video loop)
KZ-Gedenkstätte, Dachau, Germany, 2024

 

Walkway, 2024 (1:00 minute video loop)
Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 2024

Transfer Station, 2024 (0:48 minute video loop)
Haltestelle Ost-München Bahnhof, Munich, Germany, 2024

Studentenheim (Dormitory), 2024 (1:08 minute video loop)
Ökumenische Studentenheim, Munich, Germany, 2024

 

The Light of Final Moments, 2024, HallSpace
Installation View #5

 

Heiliger Jakobus, 2024 (1:37 minute video loop)
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany, 2024

Eisbach, 2024 (1:57 minute video loop)
Englischer Garten, Munich, Germany, 2024

 

Underground, 2024 (1:30 minute video loop)
Hauptbahnhof, Munich, Germany, 2024

 

Uhr, 2024 (2:00 minute video loop)
Universität München, Munich, Germany, 2024

 

The Light of Final Moments, 2024, HallSpace
Installation View #6

 

Vitrene (detail), 2024, glass, wood, metal, ashes, 52 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches 

 
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