Phantom/Fountain, 2004, c-print mounted to Plexiglas and Sintra, h 54" x w 36 1/2”
Phantom/Fountain is a mouthful of water spat at a camera held at arms length in a morgue. The liquid is suspended midair on a dark field, taking on a glowing and ambiguous form. The large scale and highly reflective surface of the piece generates a merger of viewer reflection and image, harkening back in a playful way to the double-exposure trick photographs of ghosts, auras, and ectoplasm found in the mid-19th century genre of spirit photography.
