David Johnson - Imaginary Light
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My Dead (2008-9)

My Dead

4 vertical slide projections + bowls + chair

A bowl is handed to each person entering the dark space in which he can discover the 100 or so life size faces of the artists dead relatives and friend  (plus himself as a child) projected downwards.  One chair faintly illuminated. Projections concealed where they hit the floor.

My Dead
My Dead (far left)

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My Dead
My Dead (far left)

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