Cyma Scope video projected in Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
When Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, in Portland, Oregon, decided to sponsor an art installation they chose a collaborative design by artist, Shelley Socolofsky and John Stuart Reid of The theme set by the cathedral was that the piece should connect light and dark and be a new and experimental art form and media that cannot be hung on walls nor placed on pedestals. Using this brief Socolofsky and Reid came up with a design titled Cauldron, featuring a six foot diameter circular pond of white colordyed water, onto which a video projector would fire CymaScope imagery relevant to the cathedral. After the installation opened to the public Shelley Socolofsky commented, The Cauldron installation was a huge success and the crowd was mesmerised and fascinated by the CymaScope imagery reflected off water. People came to see it in their droves. John Stuart Reid commented, The Trinity art installation project represents the first ever cymaticsbased art installation in a cathedral, to our knowledg
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