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In Stereo
Year: 2013 | Medium: installation (glass microspheres, LED fixtures) | Location: Highlight Gallery; San Francisco, California
Open one eye and light becomes image; open both and it becomes space. We see the world in stereo – one image with the right eye, another with the left. Our effort to resolve this disparity creates a sense of depth. We put faith in this experience because we have a history of verifying it through touch. But in rare cases, we may perceive depth in its physical absence.
Using glass microspheres to refract light, I make halos that appear to hover around their light source. But close one eye and these apparitions collapse. Due to their proximity, the mind interprets each binocular pair as a single, substantial thing. This specter is visible but not present. It is pure vision masquerading as matter.
Even a slight change in perspective can alter the appearance of a halo. Standing parallel to the glass surface, the halo is round. But as you move, it will bend, break, and invert in relation to you.
![Centered, 2013 | Glass microspheres, aluminum, LED fixtures](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5675c59ba2bab87a7443be7c/1450647032756-41WGLNHRLDW6EXZMX1GO/In+Stereo+11.jpg)
Centered, 2013 | Glass microspheres, aluminum, LED fixtures
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Center (for Emmanuelle), 2013 | Glass microspheres, aluminum, LED fixture
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Installation view
![Well, 2013 | Glass microspheres, plate glass, wood, LED fixture](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5675c59ba2bab87a7443be7c/1450592043428-X0QW3G4PHAHORLJTIPX2/Well%2C+2013+%28side%29.jpg)
Well, 2013 | Glass microspheres, plate glass, wood, LED fixture
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Installation view