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The large-scale, unique, silver gelatin skiagrams (Greek for "shadows written") that I make are a direct recording of the shadow patterns in a room at night. The indexical image created is abstract, liminal, indistinct. The project is an exploration of how the inherent properties of silver gelatin paper capture and hold elements of a specific time, place, moment. The work also is about confounding the expectations of the viewer – that photographs are “of” something recognizable. Ultimately, the skiagrams are a play between light and dark, tangible and abstract, a physical object and the ephemerality of a moment.
I am always looking for new opportunities to create and exhibit these site specific works. |
66 5th Avenue, New York City
summer 2009
summer 2009
Series of twenty unique pieces. Each skiagram is a record of the same space, but capturing different dates, times and patterns.
The installation view is from an exhibition at the University of Notre Dame.
The installation view is from an exhibition at the University of Notre Dame.
The Underwood Computing Machine Factory Building, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT
spring 2011
spring 2011
Site specific installation of two multi-panel skiagrams and an original sound composition in six parts. The sound composition is translation of the six-panel skiagram layered with field recordings of the room when the images were made.
The publication created for this exhibition is available to read here:
Arthur Ou, "Shadows Written" (pdf)
Arthur Ou, "Shadows Written" (pdf)
listening to the sound with headphones is highly recommended
Classroom 6, New England School of Photography, Boston MA
fall 2011
fall 2011
Site specific installation of eleven skiagram murals. The piece was exhibited at the Garner Center for Photographic Exhibitions.
My Home, Allston MA
spring 2018
spring 2018
This three panel skiagram piece and corresponding sound composition were created for my solo show at the Granary Art Center in Ephraim, UT. The sound composition is a translation of the three-panel skiagram layered with field recordings of the rooms where the images were made.
listening to the sound with headphones is highly recommended
042518.20562115.02134 (First-floor, Rolled, layered, turned, collapsed), 2018, unique silver gelatin skiagram, 57” h x 127.5” w [three panels]