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You excite me the way your gaze touches my body
Fluorescing minerals, fluorescent ink, silk, wood, longwave UV flashlight.
6 x 65 x 6 inches
2018–2019
6 x 65 x 6 inches
2018–2019
Fluorescence in minerals occurs when a rock body is illuminated with specific wavelengths of light. The scientific term for this is excitement. These excited electrons temporarily jump up to a higher orbital within the mineral's atomic structure. When those electrons fall back down to their original orbital, a small amount of energy is released in the form of light.
This work playfully imagines rock eroticism and creates a situation wherein humans and rocks have an intimate relationship that culminates in the release of luminous rock passion.
This work playfully imagines rock eroticism and creates a situation wherein humans and rocks have an intimate relationship that culminates in the release of luminous rock passion.
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