Sungazing
In order to express the connection between the sun and my family history, I have created 108 letter size prints and a 200 foot long scroll, made by exposing Type-C photographic paper to sunlight. The pattern on the prints/scroll corresponds to my breath. In a darkened room, I pulled the paper in front of a small aperture to expose it to the sun while inhaling, and paused when exhaling. I repeated this action until I breathed 108 times. One hundred eight is a number with ritual significance in Japanese Buddhism and culture.
If the black parts of the print remind you of a shadow, it is the shadow of my breath, which is itself a registration of my life, a life I share with and owe to my grandfather. The mark of the atomic blast upon his life and upon his breath was passed on to me, and you can see it as the shadow of this print.
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Sungazing Prints / Scroll
2015-Ongoing
Unique Chromogenic photogram, Sunlight
Various,
2015: California Institute of Integral Studies, CA 2016: Manifest Gallery, OH
2016: Towson University, MD
2017: Museum of Contemporary Photography, IL
2018: Antioch College, OH
2019: Norton Museum of Art, FL
2019: SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art), NC
2020: apecart, NY