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Whistling in the Darkroom

In Progress

Whistling in the Darkroom is a generative work recreating the early color experiments of Leopold Godowsky Jr. and Leopold Mannes, professional musicians and amateur scientists. What colors did Godowsky and Mannes experience before they created a means to replicate it? How did their immediate environment(s) inspire them to create the tools necessary to reproduce the colors they experienced?

Three projector (one set of three-color separation slides) installation view, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, 2018

Three projector (one set of three-color separation slides) installation view, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, 2018

COMPOSITE ADDITIVE COLOR PROJECTION (RGB), CHROMOGENIC COLOR SLIDES

COMPOSITE ADDITIVE COLOR PROJECTION (RGB), CHROMOGENIC COLOR SLIDES

Individual Monochrome Separation Slides, Chromogenic Color Slides

Individual Monochrome Separation Slides, Chromogenic Color Slides

Sample emulsion coatings on glass, Leopold Godowsky Jr. Papers, Richard and Ronay Menschel Library, George Eastman Museum

Sample emulsion coatings on glass, Leopold Godowsky Jr. Papers, Richard and Ronay Menschel Library, George Eastman Museum

Rochester (CM+Y), Archival inkjet print, UV print on acrylic, wood, metal 2020

Rochester (CM+Y), Archival inkjet print, UV print on acrylic, wood, metal 2020