Simon's Rock Exhibits Photograms, Shadowfilms
GREAT BARRINGTON – Jared Handelsman's large landscape photograms and shadowfilms will be on exhibit at Bard College at Simon's Rock from Feb. 1 through March 28.The Catskill, N.Y., artist will talk about his work at a public reception on Feb. 20 at 5:30. The exhibit and the talk will be held in the Liebowitz Arts and Humanities Building, which is at the corner of Alford and Hurlburt roads.
Handelsman's photograms are made at night using paper exposed to moonlight, a flashlight or headlights. The resulting photogram is a glimpse of the natural world in which the paper is placed.
"Sunrays pass through the forest in such a way that they enter my window and cast a shadow play on the wall," said Handelsman, describing his shadowfilms. "I set up a video camera and capture the images as they shift across the room. It's a phenomenon that I noticed while working on my landscape photograms and the images in these shadowfilms are like positive, animated versions of my paper negatives."
The audio for his films is the ambient sound as recorded by the video camera.
Handelsman has exhibited throughout the Northeast and in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. His professional experience and training include Yaddo and MacDowell residencies and fellowships.
