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Projected Visions
by Jennifer Dalton


*Young Man on Black Pillow* by Daima

Video artist Tony Oursler has become known for projecting moving images of faces onto handmade dolls, white spheres, pillows and other household objects.


*All the Tears in the World Fall* by Christopher Fabbri

His cast of tortured characters often seem to stare directly out at the viewer as if to ask for help. One work called Crying is a moving projection of a giant, single tearful eye on a perfect white sphere. The human impulse for empathy seems to be so strong that this sculpture has, on occasion, moved viewers to dab their own eyes!


*Pasquinade #2* by Michel Dattel

Most often, the effect is comic rather than tragic, like when a sideways face appears to have been squished by a mattress that is lying on top of it, and it’s speaking to you!


*Kitchen Scene* by Peter Illig

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