Pulsed Light

These works employ patterns generated by the internal, micro-motion of blood, breath or muscle tension to suggest hidden depths, like layers of strata, dislodged and forced to the surface by the turbulence of human emotions.

Using a three-dimensional, holographic technique called interferometry, a pulsed laser recorded minute changes in movement as alternating bands of light and dark captured in two exposures 1 millionth of a second apart.

Chasm to Consequence

For a moment the whole world held us in grief, hovering on the edge of the knife.

Chasm, the pulsed light image in this work, was in production during September 2001. The installation was finalized in 2008 as a response to the decisions and directions of the US Government in the intervening years.