Smeared in Equal Parts
date: October 2021 location: Providence, RI medium: video projected on high-gloss acrylic dome, smoke holograms dimensions: (variable) 9.3 ft h x 14ft w x 17.5 ft d as installed. Dome and armature alone measure 73 in h x 54 in w x 34 in d.
Named after the famous description used by Schrodinger in his “cat paradox”- describing atomic entanglement- “Smeared In Equal Parts” utilizes 23 years worth of family conversations between the artist and her father and grandfather (who has Alzeihmers) to explore questions about memory, fears/hopes for the future and the future of generations, the persistence of love, the acceptance of entropy, and the embracement of the unknown.
materials photogrammed for animations: honeycomb, olivine (mineral life is believed to have evolved from), grandfather’s childhood model of B17 bomber, grandmother’s psanka egg, flowers from grandparents’ house in Tennessee, quartz (key to development of phonograph due to piezoelectric properties), rhesus monkey skull (first primate in space, first primate to die in space travel).
audio: family audio/video recordings spanning 24 years, Tennessee honeybees, recordings of random chance radio signal mixing and static, shepard tone made from sampled music, various bee documentaries, refrigerator hum, 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, gamma frequency (40 beats-per-second)
installation: high-gloss acrylic dome (from custom airplane parts company), powder-coated steel armature
