Lynette Wallworth - Invisible by Night

Invisible by Night is a gently interactive video installation which responds to touch and presents a projection of a life–sized woman whose eternal pacing can be quietly interrupted by the viewer.

Commissioned originally for The Melbourne Festival 2004, in response to the layered history of the site of Melbourne's first morgue, Wallworth chose to create a piece about the process of grief and loss, and the transient nature of compassion.

Invisible by Night builds gestural mirroring into its interactive structure to create powerful emotional connections with the viewer. The piece signals our neglect of ‘histories of site’ through our more immediate lack of compassion for those who suffer amongst us. Its attention to the transient beauty of compassion and interaction traverses boundaries of urban community and history.

Exhibition

27 June – 23 July 08 | Festival International d'Art Lyrique, Aix–en–Provence, FR
31 July – 17 August 08 | Mostly Mozart Festival, The Lincoln Center for Performing Arts,
New York, US

Commissioned by Experimenta.org
Touring produced by Forma
Photo: Colin Davison, courtesy of the National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK (R)

Related links

Lynette Wallworth
Evolution of Fearlessness [solo exhibition]
Invisible by Night [solo exhibition]
Diary

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