Shirley Shor's new media installations are all about space and the movement within. Shor’s real-time animations are constantly changing landscapes of colour in motion. Landslide and Terra Infirma are software installations that consist of visuals generated by software code onto sand, or a sculpted base, in a sandbox. The combination of lines and colours meld with the sand to create the topography of the installations, different all the time, as the code does not repeat. These pieces, or videos really, function as maps, simulating real life where borders are always changing. The sandbox is not a random choice either: Shor’s belief is that conflict often begins in such a venue while children are at play. SM

The Moti Hasson Gallery in New York is showing new media works by Shirley Shor until May 27th.

Landslide - installation

Landslide - installation

Terra Infirma

Terra Infirma

Terra Infirma