The Deep Dark

The Deep Dark is a spatial installation intended to illuminate the interspace between our sacred (and natural) environments and cultural constructs of darkness.

Why do we fear the dark? Is darkness a presence or an absence? What separates real fears of nighttime from imaginary fears of things we cannot see? Using domestic doorways as an entry point, the installation invites you to move through ghostly architecture. As you pass through each illuminated frame, you are blinded by intense white light that overexposes your eyes. The darkness beyond is magnified, much darker than before (Nyctalopia). As your eyes adjust, the next illuminated door frame becomes visible in the distance, beckoning you onward. From an outward perspective, as viewers step through the gates, they can disappear completely.

Drawing from commonalities in the human experience of darkness as a physical and metaphysical entity, The Deep Dark offers light by which the darkness grows darker and disillusions the night.