Four leaf clovers, dimensions variable, 4 leaf clover plot measures 8’ x 8’ x 4 inches deep, 2004
Botany as apparition: Four-leaf clovers and live-feed video, an installation at the Knoxville Museum of Art:
I’m beguiled by the childlike thrill when something unbelievable appears. Seeking to capture that illusive kind of awe, in “Untitled, Four leaf clover” I put science and technology in the service of the fantastical. As part of a solo exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art, I worked with botanists from the University of Tennessee to grow a patch of four leaf clovers, which I installed in the gallery along with a live-feed video camera that projected its image onto a screen. Viewers became part of the installation when their shadows projected onto the image of the clover, making them appear Lilliputian, magical.