Giovanni Della Portaloo, 1995
Portable toilet, glass, sailcloth
A walk-in camera obscura pays homage to Giovanni Battista Della Porta, a 16th c Italian who was the first to write extensively about the camera obscura effect. Artful Park II, Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia.
Mirror Box, 2009
Wood, glass, rubber
3x2x5 ft
Mirror clad panorama camera obscura (installation view Port Angeles Art Center).
Throw Away Camera, 1995
Wheelie bin, glass, sailcloth
Viewers see the inverted view by peering through the refuse opening. The turning pedestal allowed the viewer to swing the bin 360 degrees for an upside down panoramic view. Artful Park II, Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia.
Log Cam, 2010
Log, glass, metal
3x1.5x5 ft
A cedar log / panoramic camera obscura; conceived in reference to the vast clearing and burning of timber in the early days of Kirkland, WA. Installation view Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA.
Fitting, 2016
Steel, paint, rubber, glass
Delridge Combined Sewer Overlow 169, Seattle Public Utilities and the Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA
Two water gate valves, similar to those used by SPU, have been converted into camera obscuras. The cameras are playful, interactive devices that can be swiveled for 350˚ panoramic views to invert the view and turn the neighborhood upside down.
