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 Blinded by the Light is a unique and offbeat exhibition that involves glow-in-the-dark paintings, lighting and sound. It chronicles cinematic encounters with light, recreating scenes from various films in which the characters are confronted by a bright white light, in situations such as; near-death experiences, hallucinogenic experiments, and alien or ghostly encounters. The work encompasses the light-based medium of film itself through a sequence of fading theatre lights that reveal paintings which glow-in-the-dark. The exhibition features twelve paintings that recreate scenes from films such as, Close Encounters, Fearless, Ghost and Poltergeist, to investigate how people understand extreme situations such as near-death experiences, hallucinogenic drug experiments, and alien or ghostly encounters. The works investigate how the narratives of cinema deal with the mysteries of life and death, and what is on the ‘other side’, while encompassing the light-based medium of film itself. |
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