MAN ROTATES IN ORANGE
36"x60"
Originally shown in a solo exhibition exploring color chakras, Man Rotates in Orange references the orange, or sacral, chakra—associated with vitality, creativity, and emotional balance. When the image is rotated, a second, equally joyful face emerges, suggesting harmony between opposing aspects of the self. Though the view shifts, the sense of balance remains constant.
While this work carries an intentionally positive tone, it also marks an early exploration of rotation as a conceptual device—one that invites shifting interpretations and sets the stage for examining more complex, and sometimes conflicting, emotional states in later pieces.
STUDIES IN ROTATION—Mirrored Image
This piece invites viewers to consider how subtle changes in perspective can transform experience. When the image
is “rotated” through reflection, using a placed mirror below the artwork, a second expression emerges — not as an
inversion of identity, but as an opportunity to see differently. By placing a mirror beneath the image, viewers are invited
to physically and metaphorically rotate their viewpoint, encouraging empathy with both the artwork and themselves.
This interaction opens questions about how new perspectives can foster understanding, connection, and even emotional resilience, turning a simple act of looking into a shared encounter.
is “rotated” through reflection, using a placed mirror below the artwork, a second expression emerges — not as an
inversion of identity, but as an opportunity to see differently. By placing a mirror beneath the image, viewers are invited
to physically and metaphorically rotate their viewpoint, encouraging empathy with both the artwork and themselves.
This interaction opens questions about how new perspectives can foster understanding, connection, and even emotional resilience, turning a simple act of looking into a shared encounter.
STUDIES IN ROTATION—Wall-Mounted Rotating Device
Here, rotation becomes literal movement over time. As the motorized artwork rotates, a facial expression flips in subtle yet evocative ways. This physical shift is a metaphor for those moments in life when our internal script flips unexpectedly — not
always toward clarity or joy, but toward neutrality, introspection, or pause. The automatic rotation invites viewers to witness change as a lived experience, prompting reflection and conversation about how perspective affects mood, meaning, and
mutual understanding.
always toward clarity or joy, but toward neutrality, introspection, or pause. The automatic rotation invites viewers to witness change as a lived experience, prompting reflection and conversation about how perspective affects mood, meaning, and
mutual understanding.
STUDIES IN ROTATION—Interactive Velcro Slats Provide the Experience of Reassembling a Countenance
In this interactive exploration, viewers are invited to rearrange the elements of a face to form new expressions. This tactile engagement is an invitation to consider how identity and emotion are constructed and reconstructed through perspective.
Through collaboration or solo involvement, participants confront assumptions about coherence, change, and the emotional threads that bind us — a hands-on metaphor for empathy as something actively built.
Through collaboration or solo involvement, participants confront assumptions about coherence, change, and the emotional threads that bind us — a hands-on metaphor for empathy as something actively built.