lux obscura was a collaborative installation with Alexandra Carr at The Mortuary Chapel in Ushaw College in August 2017.
Our aim was to combine our mutual interest in light and its inconstant, transient nature; exploring refraction, reflection, shadows and produce an installation designed for the architecture of such a uniquely atmospheric space.
During a week we researched, filmed and edited footage of light in its various playful forms…
We spent hours considering the best way to work with the space before deciding to each locate our chosen videos at differing, and yet not opposing angles, to project the light through the layers of netting we had set up, as well as reflect upwards to the ceiling to create truly ghost-like ephemeral flashes of light and shadow in the Mortuary chapel.
The finished result is in the video below:
