REBECCA TULLY FULMER

Transparent film, reflective materials, and the evocative movement of cast shadows create a shifting luminance that invites contemplation from diverse viewpoints, fostering a symbiosis between the observer and the observed.

 

Each work begins as a lens-based image by way of a camera, scanner, or video. However, as it undergoes various treatments and transformations, the source image fades into the background, becoming less important than the layer of experience it evokes, denying the fixity of a photographic image. The image becomes merely a sensation or feeling, revealing how visual experiences form a basis for ideas. Our world is a constant negotiation of perceptions; hence, abstraction can provide alternate viewpoints for understanding.

 

Light in Tandem is also a reflection on connectivity—how different forms can exist in proximity and possess possibilities for dialogue and dissonance. The concept of form is integral as each installation acts as an entity in conversation with its adjacent partners. It is the connectivity between individual forms that creates resonance and illumination simply by sharing the same environment.

 

As you walk through this exhibition, I hope to provide an intimate exploration of light and materiality, encouraging you to reflect upon your personal processes of observation and interpretation. By engaging in the dynamics of looking, the viewer plays an essential role in transforming concepts around perception. Thus, Light in Tandem emerges as a collaborative endeavor between the artworks, the viewer, and the ever-changing element of light.