Reflection Point

Reflection Point

Reflection Point is an invitation to slow down and consider one’s place in the world and the environment. A local weather station mounted atop the Vladem Contemporary’s roof takes in real time weather and light level information from the immediate surroundings. Since the data from the weather station is malleable, Barnard has mapped these dynamic conditions to create generative animations with light. The result is an ever-changing display that makes the unseen forces of nature visible and tangible. As viewers move around the Window Box, light shifts and changes, interacting with the limited human optical systems, offering unique perspectives of the work. Embracing a meta-modern worldview that is inclusive of multiple perspectives, Reflection Point speaks simultaneously to a merging of visual language, interactivity, hard data. No two views of the work are the same, engendering wonder and inquiry to the limits of human perspective.


Temporary Installation at the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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