Dancing With Invisible Light is at Pictopia for all of April! This is my first solo show and first major show in the Bay Area. I’m super excited about the opening reception. In addition to showing this set of photographs, there will be a special musical performance by Doctor Popular and tasty vegan treats by Idle Hands Baking. Here’s the details:
April 1
6:00pm – 11:00pm
Pictopia
1300 66th Street
Emeryville, CA
Dancing With Invisible Light
With these images I was exploring the unique photographic possibilities presented by using a Microsoft Kinect as a light source. The Kinect – an inexpensive videogame peripheral – projects a pattern of infrared dots known as “structured light”. Invisible to the eye, this pattern can be captured using an infrared camera. The Kinect uses the deformation of this dot pattern to derive 3D information about its subjects (an ability which has already spawned an explosion of incredible digital art).
As a photographer I am most interested in the nature and quality of light: how light behaves in the physical world, and how it interacts with and affects the subjects that it illuminates. For this shoot my models and I were essentially working blind, with the results visible only after each image was captured. Together, we explored the unique physicality of structured light, finding our way in the darkness by touch and intuition. Dancing with invisible light.
This series would not have been possible without the help of these amazing people:
Aaron Muszalski and I worked together on the concept, and he took care of the logistics and planning for the shoot.
Mike Estee is a long time collaborator in many mediums. He lent his technical expertise and photographic equipment to the shoot. He also modeled for me, assisted with lighting and wrote an excellent blog post about the shoot.
Ian Baker assisted with lighting arrangement and modeled.
Models: QTRNevermore, C. King,
KC, Mike Estee, Ian Baker, Helyx, Star St. Germain, Annetta Black, and Josh St. John.
Nicole Aptekar lent me her Kinect.
Doctor Popular
Among the many awesome things he does, he makes music, designs games, illustrates, and is a master of Instagram. Check out his site to see all of this for yourself: DocPop.org.
Idle Hands Baking
You may have eaten her delicious vegan cupcakes at Wicked Grounds or elsewhere in the Bay Area. The flavors are all creative and super tasty! More info here: www.idlehandsbakingcompany.com/
See you at the show!
Hi, Audrey,
I have already seen some of your fotos, they are really impressing and beautiful!
It is a pity that I cannot come to San Francisco! Perhaps the exposition will come to Europe!
Best regards and all my best wishes for your success!
Ilsa