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SEPTEMBER 22

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PINK SPOT, 2015

22" x 30",  Acrylic on paper, $7,500

 

 

KALTENBACH ANNOTATIONS:  This work is made by imbedding strobe lights in a wall. They should be arranged in a disc shaped pattern three feet across. The array is to be set behind red Plexiglas. The room should be moderately dimly lit. The strobes are timed to flash at irregular intervals approximately every thirty seconds. The firing of the strobes will generate an afterimage of the complementary color.

I became interested in putting things into the wall that looked like they were on the wall. Dimensional Mirror, which was made in 1970, was a mirror that was nine panes of glass layered. It was about two inches thick. I set it into the wall and framed it so that it looked as though it was hanging. The only image that I have is of me making a scary face in it. It gives me the creeps now but then I was still immune to the creeps.

This work operates on the principle that one trusts the nature of what is seen to be what it appears to be.