Here and Then

Arrested in time, these decisive past moments become changeable when viewed in the present, representative of a shifting history.

These works mix items from my personal and family history, with materials from the construction of domestic spaces and simple optical devices. While making this work I have been thinking through how we deal with the plastic nature of the past when creating our histories, stories and identities.

Using a patented invention with which I can move light-sources at supersonic speed, this work is the first to use moving light within images arrested in time.

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