Overview participating exhibitions
Terra Cognita
2012
Terra Cognita
Sharon Harper
One Mother, Weather Permitting (2009) / Sun/Moon (2010-present)
ONE MONTH consists of photographs of the night sky over the Canadian city of Banff. Thanks to the long exposure time we see not only the tracks of the stars – as streaks of light – but also the interference caused by clouds crossing the sky and air pollution. The series consists of random compositions, which become a metaphor for greater natural forces that refuse to submit to our will for order. In these images Harper makes things palpable which remain elusive to the naked eye. In SUN/MOON she mines the impact cameras and optics have on our understanding: we can not look at the sun directly, or know the details of the moon's surface, without a mediating instrument.
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One Month, Weather Permitting, 2009
Night Sky over Banff, Alberta, Canada
September 12 – October 10, 2007
8 October 9 October
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Sun/Moon (Trying to See through a Telescope), 2011
Solstice No. 3.
2011 Jun 21 12:35:34 PM
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One Month, Weather Permitting, 2009
Night Sky over Banff, Alberta, Canada
September 12 – October 10, 2007
12 September 13 September
Biography
Sharon Harper (United States) received her Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her work, in which technology and perception take centre stage, is included in the permanent collections of the MOMA in New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and other prestigious institutions. Presently she is an instructor at Harvard University.
