MFA THESIS EXHIBITION: KAITLYN DUNN
November 16 – December 7, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, November 16, 5-7 pm
Absorption, the MFA thesis exhibition of Kaitlyn Dunn, explores the psychology and physiology of architecture, light, and space. The installation is a multi-sensory environment of video projection, photography, audio, and light. Panoramic photographs present an unbroken view of the region outlying the city limits in the South.
Consisting of heavy shadows with bright spotlights of color, the photographs of decaying and overgrown landscapes are bejeweled with light, creating psychological tension. While there is little human presence in the images, evidence of humanity is displayed through traces left behind such as man-made buildings and the light trails of cars and planes. The use of night photography, high contrast, and vivid colors accentuate the sense of isolation and apprehension enhanced by humanity's innate fear of the dark.
Image caption: Kaitlyn Dunn, Untitled, from the "Absorption" series, 2018. Inkjet print on metallic paper mounted on sintra. Courtesy of the artist.