Loretta Paoli
A series of 4 interactive installations pays tribute to inspiring women through images of their hands at work. Combining drypoint techniques with oil paint on plexiglas with mixed media, live video projection and viewer participation, each installation offers an experience of connection. This image, the painted hands of massage therapist Linda Hawke hold a hot rock for a treatment; silicone applied to the plexi on either side references massage oil gestures. Click for video link below text.
Standing at a table before the suspended painting, a viewer places their hands on a similar stone. A camera and projector project a live moving image of the viewer's hands into the painting. Click for video link below text.
Displayed on the table before the suspended painting are these English translations of the Arabic script shown in the painting.
A series of 4 interactive installations pays tribute to inspiring women through images of their hands at work. Combining drypoint techniques with oil paint on plexiglas with mixed media, live video projection and viewer participation, each installation offers an experience of connection. This image, the painted hands of massage therapist Linda Hawke hold a hot rock for a treatment; silicone applied to the plexi on either side references massage oil gestures. Click for video link below text.