Cynthia Camlin’s ‘Glacial Speed’at 1708 Gallery

by | Aug 4, 2010 | ART

Showing at 1708, Cynthia Camlin’s Glacial Speed examines mankind’s impact on our world, from the point of view of, well, a god.

From 1708:
Through watercolor washed screen prints and video, Glacial Speed portrays the phases of a melting glacier. The 80 screen prints shown are depictions of a USGS map featuring glaciers at Mt. Sanford in Alaska. Over the course of two years, Camlin painted each print individually using washes and crystal-like abstract forms to represent the passing of time and how it affects the topography of the glaciers.

With her work, Camlin explores “how it would look for a glacier to melt, if you could watch the changes year to year, decade to decade from above.” To enforce the feeling of change, and bring a stronger sense of connection to the paintings, the exhibition also features a video slideshow. The video, complete with sound connects, simultaneously constructs and collapses time over the course of a 4 minute loop.

Showing at 1708, Cynthia Camlin’s Glacial Speed examines mankind’s impact on our world, from the point of view of, well, a god.

From 1708:
Through watercolor washed screen prints and video, Glacial Speed portrays the phases of a melting glacier. The 80 screen prints shown are depictions of a USGS map featuring glaciers at Mt. Sanford in Alaska. Over the course of two years, Camlin painted each print individually using washes and crystal-like abstract forms to represent the passing of time and how it affects the topography of the glaciers.

With her work, Camlin explores “how it would look for a glacier to melt, if you could watch the changes year to year, decade to decade from above.” To enforce the feeling of change, and bring a stronger sense of connection to the paintings, the exhibition also features a video slideshow. The video, complete with sound connects, simultaneously constructs and collapses time over the course of a 4 minute loop.




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