Jaclyn Bowie

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Jaclyn Bowie

Jaclyn Bowie installation

Projections, sculptures, natural materials, human bodies—Durham artist Jaclyn Bowie employs them all in her enchanting analog animations, which have trace elements of shadow puppetry and avant-garde cinema. But what happens on the screen (or wall, or wherever they happen to be projected) is only part of the story. Bowie is more interested in people, places, and how they influence each other; her works frequently begin in consideration of a site, not a predetermined aesthetic. More than a tangible product, Bowie’s practice creates spaces where people combine and collaborate, as you’ll discover in this interactive light installation at the Gregg Museum. Inspired by the museum’s current exhibits as well as the environment of its pollinator garden, Bowie will splay her projections across the Gregg’s exterior walls. But the artwork is only complete when it’s full of people to elaborate it with thoughts, stories, and interactions.