Northern Spark
Osman Khan, Ceil
The project, Ceil, places a laser (approximately 10 ft above the Stone Arch Bridge) that continuously sweeps across a horizontal plane over the Mississippi River. The effect of it would be to provide an invisible canopy across the space, its only consistently perceptible clue a horizontal line drawn across the urban edifices and park trees where the laser touches. The only time the canopy or ceiling would become apparent would be when particulates pass through the beam. This may occur frequently or infrequently depending on occurrences of natural phenomena (spray, fog, dust) or infrastructural residues (steam from power plants, sewers) or provided by individuals (smokers, hot breath or strategically placed fog machines).
Photograph courtesy the artist.
Osman Khan, Ceil
The project, Ceil, places a laser (approximately 10 ft above the Stone Arch Bridge) that continuously sweeps across a horizontal plane over the Mississippi River. The effect of it would be to provide an invisible canopy across the space, its only consistently perceptible clue a horizontal line drawn across the urban edifices and park trees where the laser touches. The only time the canopy or ceiling would become apparent would be when particulates pass through the beam. This may occur frequently or infrequently depending on occurrences of natural phenomena (spray, fog, dust) or infrastructural residues (steam from power plants, sewers) or provided by individuals (smokers, hot breath or strategically placed fog machines).
Photograph courtesy the artist.