art is mostly "positive space", encasing our field of view in colors, images and texture. But sometimes an absence of presence speaks volumes.

remanence sways and reacts to the the natural world around it. It hold a shadow in its arms, slowly releasing its captured darkness to light as the c))motion plastic is reanimated by the sun.

we are always part of what we try and understand- there can be no distance.

remanence
2007

Materials:
 4'x4' veneered plywood substrate
 c))motion plastic vanes on twenty five 9"x9" tiles
 natural sunlight, or theatrical lights and controller
can be placed on wall or floor in front of a south-facing window

2024 in the collection of the Boston University Photonics Center