Searching for the Aurora  (2007)  This piece is based on the poem by G.C.Waldrep entitled “We Searched for the Aurora”.  The video sculpture that resulted from this inspiration presents a single trip through a dark tunnel toward light, letting the audio suggestions ferment in the visitor’s mind.  The projection is through a “lens” of an old television frontispiece with gilded edges, blurred by age and held by a reluctant wooden tripod. The sculptural element adds an aspect of voyeurism through media from the early days of reproduction to the implications of the piece.

I was fascinated with the poem and found that simple imagery from the Headlands complimented it well.  I used the formal structure of projecting through a lens to amplify the searching imagery, which also allowed me to amplify the Aurora concept.  
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(the poem is read by the author)

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