Jo Yarrington
y most recent site-related project, Ocular Visions, is located at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. It is housed in two main areas of the museum: the Leir Atrium and the Camera Obscura room located on the second floor. The work focuses on the eye, how it functions physically and how our perceptions and, ultimately, our creativity are shaped by the complex interconnectedness of our retina, optic nerve, and brain. Although the work continues my investigation of translucent materials that function both as a physical framework and symbolic membrane, this is the first time I will be working in collaboration with physicists, neuroscientists, and the retinal scanning company, Topcon Corporation. The exhibition dates are January 31, 2010 to June 6, 2010.
Ocular Visions
Proposal Image for Ocular Visions, site project, Aldrich Museum, 2010
Ocular self-portrait series: Optic nerve, bottom view, 3d spin,
no markers (black and white)
Still from the optic videos taken at Topcon Corporation. 2008
Ocular self-portrait series: Optic thickness map as seen from above
Still from the optic videos taken at Topcon Corporation. 2008
Bowl of Pigment as seen from above, 2008
A digitally scanned slide which is located on the back window of the museum. In this configuration it will be 30" diameter.
Proposal Image for Ocular Visions, site project, Aldrich Museum, 2010
Working Image for Ocular Visions, site project, Aldrich Museum, 2010
Working Image for Ocular Visions, site project, Aldrich Museum, 2010
Working Images for Ocular Visions, site project, Aldrich Museum, 2010
Vision and the eye, 2010
11" x 11"
waxed paper with perforations |
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Visual artist Jo Yarrington's drawings, photographs, and architecturally-
based installations have been shown in exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT, Museum of Glass, WA, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, MA, Artists Space, NY, and William Benton Museum of Art, CT. International exhibitions have included Galeria Sala Uno, Italy, Centro de las Artes de Guanajuato, Mexico, Christuskirche, Germany, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, SIMS/Iceland, the American Scandinavian Foundation, the Brandywine Institute, the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. In 2001, she represented the United States at the Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates. She is a Professor of Studio Art in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT. She lives and works in New York City and Norwalk, CT. Visit Joy Yarrington's website. Other earlier work in Mezzo Cammin: 2007.1. |
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