A Line Describing The Sun (Excerpt)

A Line Describing the Sun involved a day long performance in which I followed the path of the sun with a large Fresnel lens mounted on a rolling apparatus. The lens focuses the sun into a 1,600-degree point of light that melts the dry mud, transforming it into a black glassy substance. Over the course of a day, as the sun moves across the sky, a hemispherical arc is imprinted into the lakebed floor.

An installation of this work opens in Brooklyn Sept 10, 2010 at Pierogi's Boiler Room Space.

WILLIAM LAMSON A Line Describing the Sun at The BOILER | 191 N 14th St W'burg Brklyn
Friday, 10 September, 7-9pm.
Though Oct 10, 2010

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• William Lamson
• A Line Describing the Sun
• Desert
• Video Art

[eesalala]

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[frankly1970]

The review in the times neglected to mention the filmic quality of the piece. I mean, it seems as if the video is the piece or at least in a way that the documentation is first and foremost the thing to be mindful of. I agree. It is tremendous.

[gfarah]

Spectacular piece. I saw it in-person at The Boiler, and it was absolutely mind-blowing and moving.

[shell4art]

Incredible. I could hear Steve Miller's "Fly like and Eagle" playing ion my head. ♪♫ Time keeps on slipping slipping, into the future....♫

Brilliant!

[stalbaum]

Great!

[thanielionlee]

your awesome