White Hot Lamp Black: Spacey Art & Video Installations | SF

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The artists in White Hot Lamp Black investigate the distant edges of our perception: shadows, bright light, dark space and deep holes.

Using varied research-based practices, their work reimagines ways to visualize the unseeable or comprehend the fugitive. They push up against the boundaries of perceptual capabilities to consider the generative and transformative properties in reflections, negative spaces, individual shadows and cultural echoes.

Artist showcases include:

• Carrie Hott’s video and shadow installations pull from extensive research into the history of blackouts and the genealogy of lamps.
• Hillary Wiedemann uses images of sunsets on Mars shot by the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers, presenting the familiar orb of the sun through multiple layers of mediation. Focusing on the methods by which we attempt to understand the world around us, she also presents a video of light glitches created by a telescopic lens ground by her grandfather.
• Photographs by Dario Robleto seem to be pictures of deep space taken by the Hubble Telescope, but are actually images of stage lights taken by fans at various concerts.
• Jeremiah Barber’s endurance-based performances pull mirror images and body doubles out of darkness.

Opening Reception: February 7, 2014, 7-9 pm
Exhibit Dates: February 7 – March 8, 2014
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, noon to 6 pm

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