FAR and skene catling de la pena: camera obscura

contemplating the void: interventions in the guggenheim museum
solomon r. guggenheim museum, new york
february 12th to april 28th, 2010

FAR frohn&rojas and skene catling de la peña (SCDLP) are exhibiting their proposal ‘camera obscura’ as part of the ‘contemplating the void…’ exhibition at the guggenheim museum in new york. camera obscura proposes to continue the void of frank lloyd wright’s spiral space into infinity. movements of birds, planes, satellites and stars traversing the space are projected through the existing ‘lens’ of the glazed center-piece of the roof onto the new projection plane on the ground registering those dynamics. the building’s spiral walk not only frames the body of the camera, but at the same time allows people to view all the projected movements of the new infinite void.

layers of projections of stars and constellations pass through the ‘lens’ of the guggenheim

movement starts at the base of the museum – the camera body – and is projected upwards through the lens