Eclipse, 2017/2020

An eclipse marks a rare alignment—an interruption in the continuity of light. Throughout history, such events have stirred both awe and unease, interpreted by ancient cultures as signs, omens, or divine gestures. In its fleeting obscurity, the eclipse invites us to contemplate cycles of visibility and disappearance, of power concealed and revealed.

The work draws on that metaphor to reflect on our entanglement with energy. A suspended light— reminiscent of the sun—shines through layers of industrial residue: oil, the dark byproduct of ancient sunlight. Fossil fuels, foundational to the modern world, are themselves a form of buried time, organic matter transformed over millennia. Here, light and oil confront one another—once kin, now estranged—expressing a tension between origin and consequence. Through a quietly looping electromechanical system, the piece stages a choreography of illumination and eclipse, reminding us of the fragile balances that underlie both natural rhythms and human systems.