Chris Jordan "Reflection on Impact"
Devotion Gallery
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This mixed-media installation uses reflection and project to create a meditative environment for viewers to consider the impact of individual will on a system. Visitors are encouraged to toss a penny into a pond. The disruption of the coin toss on the water juxtaposes individual action against a neutral system at equilibrium.
The playful nature of the installation, tossing a penny to make a wish, places individual desire in the context of both time and impact - ultimately the pool will return to the calm state in which it began absorbing desire with ambivalence. The video projection on to the pool of the viewer’s environment, NYC, toys with the double nature of the experience of life in the city. By positioning individual desire in the context of the vastness of the urban experiences, Jordan simplifies the conversation to its fundamental elements: water, light, time and money.
Materials: projector, reflecting pond (wood, plastic, water), computer, bucket, pennies, 3d camera
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Schedule
from February 01, 2013 to February 27, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-02-01 from 19:00 to 23:00