“Between Heaven and Earth” was inspired by Amoros’ experience of exploring the Fjords, a large, mountainous region in Central Western Norway. The exhibit runs through June 12.
Imagine mountains covered in thick dense fog in the morning transforming into bright rock formations encased in blue sky as the fog slowly dissipates. Later they evolve into monumental shapes of a mysterious “shadow theater” at sunset. Those transformations produce an enchanting space that is visually stimulating and incredibly seductive.
Being attracted by these natural mysteries, Amoros learned about a community of inhabitants that live in the crevices of those mountain peaks. In the presence of that landscape, a desire was born to share their experiences.
In “Between Heaven and Earth,” viewers will enter an environment that physically and psychologically mimics the places described above. After entering a monumental sculpture-environment (made of abaca and coated with encaustic medium), they will be placed in a space that simulates a landscape. The configuration of the space will force people to experience it from multiple viewpoints, as if they would be in and above ground.
That spatial “virtuality” will be augmented by a video projection with the soundtrack recorded by the Grammy award winner, Peruvian singer Susana Baca, who recorded it specifically for the installation.
Amoros conveys the visual and emotional state she experienced in front of the sublime fjords. Because the sensations the artist experienced in Norway were so personal, parts of the terrain in the installation on the outline are modeled from the artist's body. By adding a highly personal component of the installation, “Between Heaven and Earth” is based on a specific geographic location and its people, yet the concept of attraction, loss and the fear produced in a particular environment is very universal.
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