Syzygy, 2018
Digital Print on Archival Paper
26.00 x 25.20 cm (Unframed)
Edition of 50
Syzygy is an astronomical term that makes a connection between three celestial bodies. In this work, Ala highlights how the moon, sun, and earth are required for the print to exist and be birthed. Ala’s distinctive Cyanotype technique using exposure to the Moon is a representation of his long-standing interest in the depiction of space and time.
Ala Ebtekar currently teaches at Stanford University in the Department of Art & Art History, Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford, and Global Studies at Stanford. He is the founder and director of Art, Social Space, and Public Discourse, a Stanford global initiative on art that investigates the multiple contexts that shift and define changing ideas of public space. This ongoing critical framework of conversations, newly commissioned art projects, and exploration of various cultural productions and intellectual traditions look at recent transformations of civic life.
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