At the pace of under-earthly light, our processes are sprawling through dark hollow subterranean arms. Our vision encompasses a series of installations (sculptural constellations) and interpretative performances within Tawney’s palatial rooms, and reaches toward a digital and physical ‘Future Cave’ through sculptural installation and immersive projections in ICAT’s ‘Cube Studio’ in Spring of 2019.
Through juxtaposition and succession of two kinds of encounter with Tawney, we reflect on the cave as a poetic site from which technologies rooted in creative projection emerged. Conceptual curiosities touch on simulacra through analogies between primitive projection systems, such as those described in Plato’s ‘Allegory of the Cave,’ and contemporary projection systems, where encounter and experience are filtered through a veil of digital screens and apparatuses. Our dialog with, and translation of, Tawney navigate territories between the authentic and virtual, where distinctions between a deep-past and a deep-future are blurred.
In the Images below (Trip 12, November 19th):
Phat and Hiromi set up the Go-Pro Fusion in the Formations Room. Using the Go-Pro Ap, Phat scopes out what the camera is seeing, while Hiromi scouts out our next shots. Phat waits for us to hand up unpacked gear between two 'White Chocolate Fountains;' we've given the various formations our own endearing names. Last is a ritual road shot-- we try to capture each time we come out of the cave.
