:"Lucid Waking" photography based installation, 1990

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Lucid Waking , Installation, 1990- Background

This work came out of the installation built at the Samuel Beckett Theatre (see background page on Coded Zones). While this show was installed I decided to place myself literally in this piece. I was greatly assisted by my long time friend and colleague Stephanie Moy-Shuster, a photographer and multi-talented artist.

The impetus to drymount these photographs onto hand cut plywood came from the fact that I was already working with very loose, gestural forms. I wanted to try and bring that kind of unplanned gesture to photography. The plywood was cut free-form on the bandsaw, sanded and the edges painted. The photograph was then trimmed to the exact shape. In the gallery I wanted to create a wall of these images that were 'not a wall' but more of a skree. This led me to wiring each piece to the next in a sort of web. The cast shadows formed an integral part of the 'non-wall' effect. The IDA Gallery is shaped like a reversed L so I utilized the far opposite area to run a projector with detail images related to paintings in the same series that led to this work. This kind of referencing to previous work has continued for me throughout the years.