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Emmanuelle
2013
24 x 1 1/4 in. (60.96 x 3.18 cm)
Chris Fraser Primary
Your Mind, This Moment: Art and the Practice of Attention, February 17, 2017 - August 17, 2017, Second Fl. North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected, October 2, 2014 - February 22, 2015, New Wing, Second Floor, North and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected (2014-2015)
Chris Fraser is interested in the physiology of human sight. With his installations, he explores the relationship between light and pictures. Fraser discovered glass microspheres while walking on the streets of San Francisco. On the ground, he noticed a halo around the shadow of his head, which followed his every movement. He subsequently learned that miniscule glass spheres are commonly mixed into traffic paint in order to make it reflective. What he experienced was a happy accident: the beads had spilled out everywhere instead of mixing properly into the paint.
Emmanuelle exhibits a unique optical effect through light refraction and the mechanics of human sight. An LED light shines on a surface of glass microspheres, plate glass, and aluminum. The viewer’s movements and changing vantage points cause the optical experience of the sculpture to morph. The halo of the LED is round if the viewer stands parallel to the glass surface, but any motion will bend, break, or even invert the halo into an altogether different visual form. The result is an intimate, personalized encounter with the work.
Your Mind, This Moment: Art and the Practice of Attention (2017)
Chris Fraser is interested in the physiology of human sight. When one stands parallel to the glass surface of Emmanuelle, there is a halo of light, but any motion will bend, break, or even invert the shape into an altogether different manifestation. Through his understanding of light refraction and the mechanics of sight, Fraser creates optical effects that are constantly in flux. As one’s vantage point of the work changes, so does the perception of the optical effect; but the work itself is the same: an LED light shines on a surface of glass microspheres, plate glass, and aluminum. Fraser considers the viewer an active participant in his work. For him, to give to the viewer the pleasure of experiencing his or her own intimate bodily awareness of sight and motion is an act of generosity. As Fraser describes, “Open one eye and light becomes image; open both and it becomes space."
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Emmanuelle
New Media
201324 x 1 1/4 in. (60.96 x 3.18 cm)
Chris Fraser Primary
Object Type: New Media
Medium and Support: Glass Microspheres attached to plate glass on aluminum disc with LED light source
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Council of 100
Accession Number: 2014.02
Exhibition
Your Mind, This Moment: Art and the Practice of Attention, February 17, 2017 - August 17, 2017, Second Fl. North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected, October 2, 2014 - February 22, 2015, New Wing, Second Floor, North and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
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Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected (2014-2015)
Chris Fraser is interested in the physiology of human sight. With his installations, he explores the relationship between light and pictures. Fraser discovered glass microspheres while walking on the streets of San Francisco. On the ground, he noticed a halo around the shadow of his head, which followed his every movement. He subsequently learned that miniscule glass spheres are commonly mixed into traffic paint in order to make it reflective. What he experienced was a happy accident: the beads had spilled out everywhere instead of mixing properly into the paint.
Emmanuelle exhibits a unique optical effect through light refraction and the mechanics of human sight. An LED light shines on a surface of glass microspheres, plate glass, and aluminum. The viewer’s movements and changing vantage points cause the optical experience of the sculpture to morph. The halo of the LED is round if the viewer stands parallel to the glass surface, but any motion will bend, break, or even invert the halo into an altogether different visual form. The result is an intimate, personalized encounter with the work.
Your Mind, This Moment: Art and the Practice of Attention (2017)
Chris Fraser is interested in the physiology of human sight. When one stands parallel to the glass surface of Emmanuelle, there is a halo of light, but any motion will bend, break, or even invert the shape into an altogether different manifestation. Through his understanding of light refraction and the mechanics of sight, Fraser creates optical effects that are constantly in flux. As one’s vantage point of the work changes, so does the perception of the optical effect; but the work itself is the same: an LED light shines on a surface of glass microspheres, plate glass, and aluminum. Fraser considers the viewer an active participant in his work. For him, to give to the viewer the pleasure of experiencing his or her own intimate bodily awareness of sight and motion is an act of generosity. As Fraser describes, “Open one eye and light becomes image; open both and it becomes space."
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