Exhibition Hours

Thursday 3pm-8pm

Friday 6-10pm

Saturday 7pm -10pm

Sunday 12-3pm

ARTIST STATEMENT

Three years ago, I used one of my senses, Vision, and envisioned this creation to bring enlightenment, education and thought-provoking conversations regarding our senses.  

Our senses not only direct our daily lives, but also encompass a deeper conscious connection to the Ancient Egyptians.

The Ancient Egyptians, being phenomenal, stratospherically and exquisitely intellectual persons, knew that our central nervous system played a significant role within our brains.  This system controls our six senses, and each sense is represented within the Horus Eye.  

The Horus Eye is THE representation of our senses.  Researchers in the departments of neurosurgery and art discovered that when the Horus Eye is placed within the brain, (envision the brain sliced in half lying flat and the Horus Eye is placed on top) each part of the Horus Eye correlates to that specific sense within our central nervous system.1      

This research was the inspiration for this artwork.  Each of our six senses was photographed separately in complete darkness while using light painting techniques to artistically portray and illuminate the different senses in which the viewers are challenged to interpret.    

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1 The Eye of Horus: The Connection Between Art, Medicine, and Mythology in Ancient Egypt
   Monitoring Editor: Alexander Muacevic and John R Adler
   Karim ReFaey, Gabriella C Quinones, William Clifton, Shashwat Tripathi, and
   Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

This project, Red Light Senses, is made possible by a DCA Premier Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.