title: Turning the Lights on

year: 2007

material: installation with lights and pallets in daytime and video projection on the window after dark till midnight

time: 5 minutes and 7 seconds

view: installation view at Centre A, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Art.

note:

It is the occasion of the public art project in Centre A with Vancouver city government regarding about how to light up the dark corner of the city. I simply picked up the idea of lighting up for my project there. I recorded many shots of turning a light on in several site in the neighborhood, such as artist studio, music recoding studio, workshop, friends house and community center. And collecting a lot of lights from thrift stores too. During the daytime in the period of the project when was winter season, sightly dark, people could see lights installation in the gallery space. Then at night time, people could see the window video projection of the action of turing a light on over and over.