Synchronous Gaze
Synchronous Gaze took place at Merill Springs Park on frozen Lake Mendota on February 9, 2021 in 9 °F. The artwork is made up of a video projection broadcasting a live feed video made viewable by the ISS HD Earth Viewing Experiment from approximately 220 miles above the Earth. The camera pointed down onto the Earth, surveys our planet making visible an extraordinary picture. The live stream video allows the viewer to look back at themselves through the streaming video onto the projection screen. The projector screen acts as a mirror allowing the viewer to look back at themselves and the earth by way of the camera’s gaze. We are both the observer and spectacle as our eyes watch one another's world pass by. This experience demands us to be an active participant in the artwork requiring us to consider our place in the world at that very moment.
Synchronous Gaze was part of the Winter Is Alive! exhibition and was funded by Andrew and Carol Phelps.
Synchronous Gaze was part of the Winter Is Alive! exhibition and was funded by Andrew and Carol Phelps.
