Lane Last
During the last two decades, through painting, sculpture, installation
and video, Lane Last has investigated and explored the ways that human
evolution has interacted, and has been affected and altered by the discovery
and harnessing of electricity.
This work is an attempt to play with/ overload / over stimulate the
human physiological and perceptual tendencies involved with the visual
and auditory senses. Rhythmic sound is used to engage and hold the
focus of an audience while simple, moving blue shapes begins to create
afterimages on the white screen. The size and number vary to change
the same values in the afterimages and in certain forms, negative
afterimage outlines may appear. Factors such and concentration, retinal
fatigue, and the number of times a viewer blinks will affect the outcome.
In some viewers, the ending white screen can become an array of silvery
afterimages. It is my belief that our perception is the most fundamental
and random element in our conscious selves and reveals our human predisposition
to add our own "imagined" meaning to an experience.
