{"id":287,"date":"2010-11-17T02:45:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T02:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cynthialawson.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2012-05-04T16:56:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T16:56:46","slug":"nooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cynthialawson.com\/site\/?p=287","title":{"rendered":"Nooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nooks is a series of five outdoor light boxes created for the four-person show &#8220;Media Mix x4,&#8221; held at Art Lot in Brooklyn, Fall 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Exploring the literal definition of <em>nook<\/em>, each work captures a few seconds of NYC street corners via layered photographs which are backlit.\u00a0 The boxes themselves hold the images in a curve that draws from the curb of the city&#8217;s corners (softening the usual imagined 90-degree nature of a corner.)\u00a0 The bases on which they sit are meant to be airy pedestals, giving the spotlight to these small urban spaces (and which glow as floating screens at night.)<\/p>\n<p>A special thank you to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorenakraus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lorena Kraus<\/a> for her assistance assembling the work, and <a href=\"http:\/\/skasperbauer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shaun Kasperbauer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/toshif\" target=\"_blank\">Toshimasa Fukaya<\/a> for their design and fabrication of the bases and boxes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Exhibitions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Media Mix x4<\/em>,\u00a0Art Lot, Brooklyn,\u00a0September 12, 2010 &#8211; 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