Architecture, Art

Lucid Stead: an Illusion by Phillip K Smith III

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Against a barren landscape in California High Desert a 70 year old shack has faithfully stood.  Sunrise after sunrise, cool nightfall after nightfall, everyday the same…until that is, it met up with Phillip K Smith III. He calls it Lucid Stead. Rocking this little cabins world, the artist covered its mortar in mirrors giving the illusion that the cabin is see-through. Crazy colorful lights fill the window and door frames as dusk comes over the still horizon. The artist explains, “When you slow down and align yourself with the desert, the project begins to unfold before you. It reveals that it is about light and shadow, reflected light, projected light, and change. One might see blue, red, and yellow… But looking down and walking ten feet to a new location reveals that the windows are now orange, purple and green.”

Photographs © Steven King courtesy of Royale projects : contemporary art

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