collecting shadows in glass jars

collecting shadows in glass jars was a solo exhibition in the summer of 2021. the pieces spoke of studio mokii’s research on the colour white, shadows and objects.

projects

the following projects can be viewed in detail by clicking on them
objects
performance by a teacup
the immaterial stories written by objects
tetrahedron


other projects shown in the exhibition:

an electric fan continuously slowly rotated this form. the fan gave a gentle shhhhh sound to the gallery space. a bulb illuminated the form and cast a shadow on the wall that also constantly moved. similar to how shadows are never still, but always in slow motion as the sun walks across the sky.

studio mokii, float, 18cm by 20cm, form, paper: string: electric fan, finland, 2021

how can glass appear so liquid? bathed in sunshine the material’s inner form is revealed by its shadow. concentric lines are traces of when the glass was spun into existence. light forms, reflections, defractions and sparkles are beautiful.

studio mokii, glass, three glass pieces, pedistal: sunshine: glass, finland, 2021

studio mokii, woven three, pedestal: paper: string: 3d printed blobs: manufactured forms, finland, 2021

studio mokii, landscape of paper shapes and tori, pedestal: paper: curtain rings, finland, 2021

studio mokii, clay shapes, set of ten each 3cm by 3cm, pedestal: clay, finland, 2021

gallery text

notice the punctuation in this text
notice the shapes of the letters
notice the words in this text
notice the circularity of the letter O o
notice the shade of this paper

the colour white is a composition of all colours. pass this white light form through a prism, and you see all of the shades of the visible spectrum. the colour white seen on a surface, is all of the wavelengths of light reflected from that surface.

shadows are interesting. a shadow is defined by google as ‘a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface. there are beautiful words and definitions that surround the word ‘shadow.’

outline
object
penumbra
shape
contour
boundary
umbra
cast
opaque
surface
layer

the inner part of a shadow is spectacular when coming from light shining through glass or water. what do shadows mean? they are temporal, constantly changing. made of no physical material, except variation of shade on a surface. are shadows an object? are shadows individual? or are shadows not themselves but light and surface?

objects are interesting. there is information stored in your body that you can’t access. what molecules are being transported through the cell walls of your spinal ganglia? your body knows this, but you don’t know this. what information is stored in objects? the objects’ meaning, history, being and knowing.