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  Eric Starosielski

    multi-disciplinary fine art   •   sculpture   •   documentary performance

   p o r t f o l i o

1999     Finding Stimulation in Choice

Work involving the influence of the viewer and the information exchanged
Solo Exhibition: Littlejohn Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY

In this exhibition, the artist utilizes light to intensify the emotional sensation which is present thoughout time.  We are bombarded by choices and are hindered by confrontations of our current emotions.  The work changes as one's emotions change with experiences.  Whether it is the presence of one's body, interrupting a sublime state, or a standardized oscillation of viewpoints as in Serenity, 1999.  Serenity constantly projects light down onto the wall and up through the glass.  A sensor detects an approaching viewer's motion and turns the white lights off and red LEDs on, from underneath the glass directly below all the speakers.  Simultaneously, the speaker above the glass earphones plays a 12-second classical excerpt by Antonio Vivaldi.  The red lights stay on as long as the viewer is near the artwork. The sculpture then resets 15 seconds after the viewer departs.

Serenity, 1999

13.5 x 48.5 x 7 inches
glass, steel, rubber, sound, light

  
  Serenity continuously projects light down on the wall and up through the glass.  Once viewer approaches the piece, a sensor picks up the motion and turns the white lights off and red LEDs on from underneath the glass directly below all the speakers.   Simultaneously, the speaker above the glass earphones plays a 12-second excerpt by Vivaldi.  The red lights stay on as long as the viewer is present. The piece resets 15 seconds after the viewer walks away from the sculpture.
Detail from Serenity
 
Left Continuing, 1999

37 x 48 x 7 inches
glass, steel, rubber, sound, light

 Left Continuing continuously projects light down the wall and up through the glass. Once the viewer presses a button, the white light turns off and the seven glass doorknobs light up red internally. Simultaneously a speaker plays a short classical excerpt of Vivaldi lasting about 10 seconds. After about 8 seconds of silence, the piece reactivates to the previous lit bottom, with the red lights off. The audio is generated from a digital chip.
Detail from Life Continuing
   
Invalid Commitment, 1999

70 x 13 x 15 inches
glass, steel, rubber, light

 Invalid Commitment projects light up from bottom, onto the wall and glass doorknob for 34 seconds.  This light source turns off and a red light is projected down onto the blue mirror for 4 seconds.  The cycle is repeated continuously.
Detail from Invalid Commitment
   
Particular Preference, 1998-1999

24 x 54 x 4 inches
glass, steel, light