Raven Brings the Light is an interpretation of a Haida story of how Raven brings light to the world. In this installation I use a modern ultra light backpacking tent and project video on the inside of the tent. The video images and sound are impressionistic in nature and meant to evoke a game of shadow puppets with a flashlight while camping. You hear a young child's laughter mixed with raven call in an abstracted sound collage as the images play along the inside of the tent. As an audience moves around the tent in the exhibition space, the sound changes from motion sensors tracking the audience movement. This installation was purchased by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and is now part of their permanent collection.
Installation view at Urban Shaman
Installation view at Urban Shaman
Installation view at Urban Shaman
Still from video
Still from video
Video and sound track from tent