Studio Islander - Collaborative Art Unit -

eyeglasses

2003, plastic, glass, text, light, electric cable, etc.
dimensions: variable

This installation consists of 200 pairs of eyeglasses and light bulbs, one for each pair. The glasses are inscribed with the word(s) that were collected from the missing person street-postings in NYC right after 9/11/2001.

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This installation consists of 200 pairs of eyeglasses and light bulbs, one for each pair. The glasses are inscribed with the word(s) that were collected from the missing person street-postings in NYC right after 9/11/2001. Those words describe the characteristic features of the missing persons such as “Upper Front tooth Chipped,” “A tattoo on upper left chest of a green 4 leaf cover,” “Horizontal scar on left side of forehead.” The light bulbs project the words on the glasses to the front. The words are inscribed from the head-side of eyeglasses so that the words, the physical features of missing persons, represent what the persons with the eyeglasses are looking at. I often use light bulbs as the representation of gaze, and reflections as psychological reflections.

by The Artist