At the Equinox

Emma Hamilton

Opening 05.10.16 6-8pm
Artist Talks 27.10.16 6-7pm

At the Equinox explores our markers of perception within the landscape of a small Norwegian island close to the Arctic Circle.

The project addresses the Arctic Circle and the equinox as two perceptual indicators of space and time.
At the Equinox examines the Arctic Circle as a border defined by perception. The Arctic Circle is the southern-most latitude where the sun remains continuously above or below the horizon line for at least 24 hours each year, a line defined by viewing the sun. While the Arctic Circle is depicted definitively on a map, on the ground this line becomes uncertain.
Two figures attempt to create a line across the landscape by ‘trapping’ a strip of space between a camera and its reflection in a mirror. This attempt to find a potential line of the Arctic Circle within the landscape is captured across entire rolls of medium format slide film.

The equinox is the precarious tipping point between the extremes of light and dark of the summer and winter solstices, a fleeting moment of balance. The light of the equinox sun becomes a spotlight, illuminating the search for navigational markers on the surface of the landscape.