Collaborative Projects
Thaumatrope
2010
@LACMA. A series of ongoing digital commissions from artists interested in collaborating with the museum on creative projects that use mobile technology to deliver art outside the museum walls.
Taking as her inspiration the thaumatrope, a "persistence of vision" toy popular during the 19th century, Bari Ziperstein has altered and juxtaposed photographic images from the exhibition Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700–1915.
Thaumatropes often included riddles or lines of poetry, and Ziperstein has collaborated with writer Justin Lebonowski. Ziperstein, who works with photography, collage, and sculpture, draws attention to the way various built environments, ranging from architectural to consumer-oriented constructions, relate to desire and aspiration. She creates site-specific sculptures, ceramics and photographs that challenge viewers to discern the familiar from the strange and to question psychological, economical and emotional attachments consumers have to objects.
She says, "Through this combination, I am able to create sculptures and photographs that waver between the fantastically absurdist and the comfortably commonplace."
Artwork by Bari Ziperstein. Riddle by Justin Lebanowski.
Click here to view the thaumatrope and other digital commissions on LACMA's website.
