Located on a south facing wall of a new Veteran’s Administration Aquatic Rehabilitation Center, this work is derived from a photograph of a figure that seems to be suspended beneath the surface of a swimming pool while a distorted reflection of the figure hovers above. The image alludes to a spiritual dimension of water, as well as its capacity to be both healing and foreboding.
Over thirty thousand individual, powder coated “pixels” comprise the work. Unlike a mosaic, the viewer sees the pixels as reflected light on brushed stainless steel fins that project from the exterior wall of the building. The reflected color dematerializes the building surface so that the viewer gets the impression of gazing into a haze. The work appears to be composed of pure light. The quality of the reflections transform with changing seasons and based on the location of the viewer relative to the mural.
The Apparent Junction of Earth and Sky
Ball-Nogues Studio, 2014
Aluminum, stainless steel, paint
