Pertti Kekarainen’s Tila (Passage 1) 2006, chromogenic print 

• There’s a brand new perspective when the flatness of an image challenges the illusion of spatial depth 
• optical illusions created by emphasis on shadows, random spots of color, skews our act of seeing
• “the photographic representation of space is completed in the eye and mind of the viewer” (The Met Museum)

The way we perceive or interact with an interior space is not limited to our visual senses- other senses such as hearing, smell, touch, and movement within the space also plays a roll. The overall experience is influenced by the size, light, materials, and intended use of the space.

 The Starn Twins – born 1961, American artists

• (any) Body Oddly Propped (glass, steel and bronze, 18 foot tall frames, glass dying technique invented in Germany, root and branch forms, placement of vertical structures helps bring to life what’s behind it in all different ways)
• Absorption of Light, Structure of Thought (light as a focus point in their work, connection between subjects of nature with memory, thought, perception)
• Big Bambú, and Furniture (help from team of rock climbers, interlocking bamboo, colorful cords)

Lisa Park – born 1987, Korean-American artist 

• Blooming (physical connection, emphasis on relationship between people)
• LUMA (childhood memories, fairy tales of youth, several million fiber optic strands to resemble clusters of dandelions)
• Eunoia, Version 2 (water becomes a mirror of the artists internal state, 48 speakers and aluminum dishes, inspired by an Asian Buddhist symbol of balance)

Laurie Frick– born 1955, American artist, hand built work from personal data

• Imagined Time, a series (memory and experience of time)
• Stress Inventory (hand cut leather on stretched linen, depiction of stress causing long term chronic health issues)
• 7 Days (leather, wood and aluminum, time tracking data, patterns of sleep, work, eating, cooking, etc)