I’m really uneducated when it comes to art. I never studied art history or theory and so I tend to come down into the “I like what I like” school of art viewership and consumption. I like Todd C. Smith’s Light Maps. I don’t know what the work means or what I’m supposed to feel, I just know I think it’s cool and I like looking at it and thinking about it.
The show opens October 2 at Zephyr Gallery and runs through November 14.
Light Maps is Louisville artist Todd Smith’s latest project on the theme of tree-climbing. The series of large scale photographs document over a dozen climbs performed by the artist in locations across the Louisville area in 2009. While wearing a custom-made light suit and climbing at night, long-exposures capture Todd’s paths through a variety of trees. The resulting streaks of light are the only visual evidence of his movement over time. The suit consists of five strands of colored lights, each corresponding to Todd’s limbs and head, which provide the viewer with a color-coded legend to interpret his positions throughout the light path.
Since 2002 Todd has been creating conceptual works in varying mediums that share the experience of his tree climbing or entices the viewer to climb or imagine themselves climbing a tree.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Zephyr Gallery
610 E. Market Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502.585.5646
Gallery Hours: 11AM-6PM Wednesday through Saturday
October 01, 2009
Art