'Lunar Drift' inauguration with Rebecca Cummins & Paul DeMarinis

Kinetic sculpture Lunar Drift

On Saturday, October 11th, at 1:00 p.m. in the Miller Hall Collaborative Space, Kit Spicer, Dean of Western Washington University College of Fine and Performing Arts and Michael Sweney, Washington State Arts Commission Art in Public Places Program Manager, will dedicate 'Lunar Drift: Sun and Moon Pointers' - kinetic sculpture by collaborators Rebecca Cummins and Paul DeMarinis.

Commissioned by the Washington State Arts Commission in partnership with Western Washington University, 'Lunar Drift' is two slow-time kinetic sculptures that will constantly point at the Moon and to the Sun, wherever they are located, whether above or below the horizon, in daylight or night, clear skies or overcast lending a continual presence to the entire path of their movements. 'Lunar Drift' offers viewers a heightened awareness of their spatial and temporal place in the universe, of the planetary movement of the spheres, and of the artistic and poetic possibilities of science and technology. Digital images of the moon and the daytime sky will accompany the mechatronic elements.

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Paul DeMarinis supervises installation of Lunar Drift

 

DeMarinis's work revolves around topics of time and memory, as embodied in the technological acts of recording and replaying. Cummins explores the sculptural and experiential possibilities of light and natural phenomena; the mechanics of light and time are often subjects. Both have exhibited widely nationally and internationally.

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Authored on

Mar 22, 2019 5:47pm