Traces of Time

Situated in Derry/Londonderry at the Contemporary Centre of Art. I created this piece following on from my MFA installation. I wanted to carry on the projection of the shadow of a flag, having it stripped of all symbolism and existing only in its physicality.

To encourage viewing things differently and in a more meditative way. This piece was inspired by a walk home late one night in Belfast. I stopped and watched the shadow of a flag projected by a sodium light, almost enveloping an entire house front. As it swayed smoothly and silently across their windows, I wondered what it would look like from within, would it have the same meditative, calming flow as it did from the outside.

This installation ‘traces of time’ makes use of the project space as though it’s an entire set. Screening off the windows, accentuating their beauty and shape.

Lit from within is the subtle und undulating movement of the projection of a shadow cast from a miniature flag in real time. Each window giving a different feel, the far window pulses, another the shadow whips in and out and the closest to the door flows.  As the viewer walks from side to side, from window to window, definition, and light shifts.

This piece was best viewed from the neighbouring Wall path.