12 x 9 x 8 feet | watercolor, glitter, aluminum powder on hand-cut paper, salvaged lumber, 1500-watt Edison bulb | 2016 | Jolly Night at the Races, curated by Miguel Nelson | The Old Marijuana Factory | Downtown Los Angeles
Half Light Singularity is the central installation — a beacon within Jolly Night at the Races, an expansive art happening at an old marijuana factory in downtown Los Angeles curated by Miguel Nelson. A 1500-watt Edison bulb sits as a bright supernova inside a pentagonal structure of large-scale cut-paper works, suspended by frames of interconnected reclaimed lumber salvaged from the site’s demolition.
Like glancing toward the sun, its allure becomes both beacon and deterrent. Severe contrast between light and form reduces the painted surface of the cut paper into pure darkened silhouettes, casting its shadow-scape throughout — a Moroccan shadow lamp of Gulliverian proportions.