2023
Lights Went Out
Lights Went Out is a light fixture. The intention of the piece is to display the shadow of three silhuoettes: the Man on the Floor, the Man with the Gun and the Man Recording on to their coinciding walls. Each of these silhuoettes is derived from curated photos of myself.
The three silhuoettes are to depict the de-sensitization of violence that the common person experiences on the internet. Oftentimes, videos of violence are circulated on the internet- for better or for worse. While these videos may shed needed light on particularly pressing issues, they tend to be oversaturated, eventually making a large portion of the population unaffected by these deeply disturbing videos.
After much visual research and references were collected, I took the time to take a sequence of photos of myself, taking on a sort of private performance in order to depict the scenes presented. Three silhuoettes were chosen, each depicting a different role within the process that I am shedding light on: the observer, the victim and the aggressor.
Typology:
Sculpture
Material:
Stainless Steel and Lightbulb