Each 23″ x 23″
Suite of 9 archival digital prints on Epson Somerset Velvet 255gsm paper; a collection of stage lights sourced from “live” album covers of now-deceased musicians
The Mamas and the Papas – Monterey International Pop Festival
John Coltrane/Archie Shepp – New Thing at Newport
Johnny Cash – Live at San Quentin
Jimi Hendrix – In Concert
Elvis Presley – Elvis In Hollywood
Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Rick Nelson – In Concert
Dizzy Gillespie – In Concert
T. Rex – Light of Love
In 1977, NASA launched two probes with “Golden Records” representing Earth’s life and cultures, and edited to present humanity’s “best face forward.” Ancient Beacons Long for Notice—the third video in a trilogy—explores the challenge of representing humanity through a single object. What is our moral obligation to a “full accounting” of our actions in perpetuity, off-planet, and to unknown beings?
Commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and Santa Barbara Museum of Art.