"Uncertainty Principle"
La Viola Bank Gallery, NY, NY 2009
Laminted glass, wooden platform, inkjet prints, 12'x24'

This installation consisted of a wooden platform covered in laminated glass, with inkjet prints layered under the glass. In order to complete the piece, I smashed the glass, creating another more chaotic pattern to contrast with the imagery underneath. Four different patterns stem from photographs of tree branches, which have been mirrored. The surface of the glass also reflected the trees outside. Visitors had no choice other than to walk over the glass platform when entering and exiting the gallery. Over time the glass accumulated more cracks, and as the piece was viewed the imagery became further obscured. The title "Uncertaintly Principle" refers to the phenomenon in quantum physics where the closer a quantum particle is observed, the more the act of observation effects the result.

 

Uncertainty Principle was preceeded by Glass Floor, 2008. Glass Floor was the first in a series of installation works which encourage visitors to walk over broken laminated glass in order to view the images under the glass.

 

Glass Floor, 2008
Yale MFA Thesis Exhibition