Creative Time

I went to Governor's Island to check out some of the art in Creative Time's latest exhibit, This World and Nearer Ones. My favorite work by far was by artist Anthony McCall. McCall uses light as medium which reminds me of another favorite lighting artist, James Turell. The work titled, Between You and I, is housed in a chapel on the island and is encased in complete darkness. 2 lights in the ceiling beam down through mist being sprayed in the air. The result is seemingly tactile shapes but the illusion is they are completely ethereal and you can in fact walk through and around these shapes. The exhibit is playful and dream like and time is easily lost track of while in there. After taking many pictures I walked back outside into the blinding sunlight and present reality happy for the temporary respite. Here is the official description:

"Consisting of two elegantly simple light projectionss, Between You and I expands on the two basic components of cinema, time and light, in order to create a spectacular, immersive environment. As the projected light beams slowly travel through mist, they begin to carve out sculptural shapes in space. The fields of light interact with one another, the visitors in the space, and the striking architecture of historic St. Cornelius Chapel. Though the 2 shapes never meet they are in a constant play–suggesting that, like 2 human companions, they attempt to comprehend themselves in relation to one another."