Sun Effect
social project, site-specific installation, collaboration with Sam Stevens, AIR at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, USA 2017
The “Sun Effect” project was a durational Residency Within a Residency that took place in Santa Monica, California over the span of 3 months.
During the stay I hosted guests in exchange for stories and DIY souvenirs. Personal objects that would remind us of them and later became a part of our (re)collection. All of the accumulated items were symbolic forms of memory derived from what a given guest deemed worthy.
At the end of the stay all of the collected souvenirs were recycled and mixed into a pulp. They were blended and turned into sheets of paper - a new coherent form that embodies the whole “collection”. Every souvenir was symbolically included on each page, dried under the sun, the only remaining object. A bouncy ball, a small mirror. Left by the first guest, was reflecting the sun into the wall of our communal space, greeting each newcomer. It stood at the entrance, where we first met, and told them to feel at home.
All contributors:
Ross Clark, Ada Czeczelewska, Claude Eshaghian, Anastasia Gusach, Edgar Guzman, Ivan Karcev, Thibault Knop, Oscar Lang, Sue Man, Matt Mcmunn, Yoonji Na, Amita Ye , Silvio Palladino, Tristan Quay Thevenon, Samara Rodenta, Ajay Sharma, Kat Sotelo, Joseph Tuzolino, Alvaro Zelaya.
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