Between Here and There — Rachel Dawson

Between Here and There

Between Here and There is a phosphorescent-glowing, sculptural installation housed in the basement of Alter Space. Inspired by 20th century spirit photography, the jail cell becomes a “spirit cabinet,” the small space a medium would enter before channeling spirits. Once inside, the viewer is immersed in an illusory, mirrored room with hundreds of glowing white porcelain “ectoplasms” that appear to be mystically suspended in mid-air. A gathering of spirits transported from afar, the illusion is of a disorientating, supernatural space that, for the viewer, feels like floating somewhere in the space of the in-between.

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What Lies Below?

Pleats of Matter, Folds of the Soul