Gas Giants and Black Seas, Sharp Shooters and Solar Wind was a one night 'Kamikaze' exhibition at POST in Los Angeles. It included a wall of found scientific images and articles, as well as a camera obscura, two digital projections and a flat screen with a slide show of fifteen manipulated scientific images. Upon entry, viewers could enter the darkened installation at left or the smaller room at right with the brightly lit wall of found images. The following photographs document the installation.

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Wall of found scientific articles, photos, illustrations and drawings, including some of the source material used for the manipulated scientific images in the installation.


Gas Giants and Black Seas, Sharp Shooters and Solar Wind 2012
installation with projections, camera obscura and pigment print, flat screen, found images and certificate of citizenship, dimensions variable


Gas Giants and Black Seas, Sharp Shooters and Solar Wind 2012
installation with projections, camera obscura and pigment print, flat screen, found images and certificate of citizenship, dimensions variable


slideshow projection of found digital astronomical image onto 30 x 40 inch grid of dry ice


slideshow projection of found digital historical map image onto 30 x 40 inch grid of dry ice


slideshow projection of found digital astronomical image onto 30 x 40 inch grid of dry ice


slideshow projection of found digital historical map image onto 30 x 40 inch grid of dry ice


slideshow projection of found digital astronomical image onto 30 x 40 inch grid of dry ice


detail of Gas Giants and Black Seas, Sharp Shooters and Solar Wind 2012


detail of Gas Giants and Black Seas, Sharp Shooters and Solar Wind 2012
slide show projection of found digital images on dry ice, projection of Globe digital animation,
and camera obscura with projection and pigment print, dimensions variable


portable camera obscura with aperture for changing depth of field
from Gas Giants and Black Seas, Sharp Shooters and Solar Wind 2012


interior of camera obscura


interior of camera obscura
for reference...


detail of Sharp Shooter projection (dimensions variable) and
Titan and the Valley of the Shadow of Death pigment print, 13 x 17 inches; both 2012


Titan and The Valley of the Shadow of Death 2012
digital image, dimensions variable

Click here to see the manipulated scientific images.