Solar-Powered Lightbox Installations
(2013 - Present)

With this body of work, I am bringing my ideas out of the gallery space and into public environments through site-specific solar lightbox installations. During the daylight hours the solar cell charges a battery while a photographic image is visible through the lightbox glass. When the sun goes down, the piece lights up to reveal additional information that (re)contextualizes the original image- providing a new way for viewers to perceive the piece before them. These “binary message” works have led me to begin using time-lapse videography as a way to document the changing nature of the artworks and show viewers how they evolve through the course of a day and night in these public environments

My hope for these works is that they will reach people who would not normally seek out artwork in gallery or museum spaces. The unexpected discovery of a lightbox installed along a walking route with high pedestrian activity asks passers-by to engage the work in whatever manner they choose. Ideally, a viewer may even explore the work during both the day and night, finding both aspects of the message that is available in each piece. I see these works as a way to explore the many facets of daily life and the multiple realities we all inhabit. By revealing my own subjective interpretation of a photographic (objective) image through the lightbox at night, I hope to engage viewers with my works and allow them to find the ideas and interpretations that speak most strongly to them in this two-way dialogue.

To see my complete collection of video works, including student pieces, please visit my youTube page. Also, all of my installation works are available on an interactive Google Map of the world.

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