Lucinda Esh, who is always looking for new ways to play with space, is a multidisciplinary artist currently making installations defined by edge, light, and sound. A pilot, who has spent time in military aircraft and in architectural draft rooms, she is a longtime painter currently reaching out with new tools of LiDAR and sound translation. She lives and works in the Washington DC area.
The sensory phenomena that inspire art are not as concrete as we believe. There are frequencies on the light spectrum that we do not see, except with the help of technology, and sound frequencies we can not hear. Our interaction with the environment affects whether and how we receive phenomena; underwater, in the atmosphere, or outside of our atmosphere. We misinterpret what we do see or perhaps ignore what we can’t use. How humans see, hear and receive through all means of acquiring sense-data is not the absolute truth of existence. We can choose to see or not see what exists, therefore the data is run through interpretation, it’s run through the filter of consciousness.
My work is an exploration of the ways in which human senses can interpret the qualia of our experience. I use my flight experience as an example of the inspiration of the encountered phenomena that are unique to flying. The interpretation of those experiences led me to my process of developing artwork that expresses that consciousness through the materials. I use paper, aluminum, and acrylic sheets to place an edge in my installation, LiDAR to introduce light and sound translation to lead the viewer to question the senses. I’m asking you to think about what your senses tell you and to look for more.