Slow Dimming Study: Rice Dimmer (2020)
Exhibitions:
Re-Fest2020 at La Mama in New York, NY
Poetic Computation at Westbeth Gallery in New York, NY
Re-Fest2020 at La Mama in New York, NY
Poetic Computation at Westbeth Gallery in New York, NY
Slow Dimming Study is a set of artistic physical interfaces that enable audiences to control incandescent light bulbs through a meditative and cultural experience. This on-going project takes a deeper look into the moment of everyday interactions that we usually do not pay attention to, such as switching on and off a light, and turns them into meaningful experiences by intervening the moment.
The first in the series is Rice Dimmer, a meditative and cultural experience where the audience is expected to move a handful of raw rice with a set of chopsticks one by one, to slowly change the brightness of a light bulb. The interaction evokes situations where it would appear that certain cultural backgrounds or specialized skills could be privileged for the completion of very simple tasks.
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Photo by Kyle Knodell (the first two)
Photo by Lívia Sá, courtesy of CultureHub (the last two)
Video by CultureHub, interview by Mattie Barber-Bockelmane
The first in the series is Rice Dimmer, a meditative and cultural experience where the audience is expected to move a handful of raw rice with a set of chopsticks one by one, to slowly change the brightness of a light bulb. The interaction evokes situations where it would appear that certain cultural backgrounds or specialized skills could be privileged for the completion of very simple tasks.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29fe04acf7872e60ef9a7849a77280aa8d968cc800f7e650eda8c6cb958bf053/RiceDimmer_1.jpeg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e01e3521d544b254009e9a49a58d4020e6baf855e5b6b7636cf933f4aaa1e2ca/RiceDimmer_2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afeb046d248a5a9531c6888b6d08ad8555397af62f2532071c4f1f62c2452bbb/CultureHub_031220-1202.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49788fac7f95e85f73ea191c175593c03b144b84f784fe383d684466aa904f23/CultureHub_031220-1404.jpg)
Photo by Kyle Knodell (the first two)
Photo by Lívia Sá, courtesy of CultureHub (the last two)
Video by CultureHub, interview by Mattie Barber-Bockelmane