jeffrey shaw

golden calf -

an empty pedestal sits in the gallery attached with a movable lcd screen, by moving the screen around the viewer is able to see the image of a golden cow on the pedestal, the cow even shows the reflections of the gallery on it excluding the viewer. this work shifts the viewer between two spaces at once, the space they are physically in and the virtual space that occupies the same space they are in, the movement of the viewer effects the virtual space as they move through the physical.





virtual museum -

this is similar to the golden calf but less about movemnt and more about two spaces occupying the same space. viewers sit in a chair in an empty room and as they turn it they view the space with works of art on the walls through the screen.


both of these works are exploring spacial mapping through placing the viewer in two spaces at once, however in these works the viewer has some control over both spaces, in my work i want there to be no control over the space, breaking down the intended outcome of mapping a space.