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Attracted
to Light CRT Sphere Commissioned by the Bohen Foundation, with additional support from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, this piece will be created as the culmination of Doug and Mike Starn’s past five years of work exploring civilization’s scientific and spiritual attraction to light. CRT Sphere consists of 24-36 monitors (7” to 21”) removed from their cabinets and contained in a Plexiglass sphere. On the monitors a film (in progress in the studio) traces the silent, shadow-filled world of moths as a metaphor for the human condition. The loose narrative, based on George Pabst's 1928 film Pandora’s Box, represents the climax of Mike and Doug’s photographic series Attracted to Light. This video sculpture will travel as the featured work in international museums (shows are in the early stages of planning) and be accompanied by a self-designed DVD publication serving as a diary to the Starns’ explorations with abundant images, writings, video excerpts, and source material. Black Pulse "super-black" more information 2007 |