Photographer + Filmmaker
2023
Venus Spectra installed in the windows of the Design Lab at MCLA's Gallery 51 (51 Main Street, North Adams) is an exploration
of femininity and persona of today. We are all amalgamations of different archetypes along with our own personal signature,
ever-changing and evolving with the seasons, and with the tides.
The water in our bodies is connected to all the water in the world. All water is old water. Our ancestors drank, played, swam, and
loved in the same water we bathe in now. The power that mammals with wombs possess to bring spirit from the ether to the
physical realm is akin to the mechanism all humans regardless of biology and gender identity use to birth their dreams and ideal
self into reality. The power of femininity, which anyone can tap into, is to feel your true self and be vulnerable in embodiment.
Using water, sunlight, reflection, recycled fabrics, natural dyes, photography, and jewelry we express our personal affinities for
colors, images, and textures that reflect the people we are on the inside. This is an unveiling of light and spirit through adornment
and compositions of nourishment from the lens of sisterhood.
Installation by: Raina Bhartia, Adine Roboy, Aknesha Davis-Darkwah, Janine Bensen.
Lighting Design by: Raina Bhartia, Anna Vincent.
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SpectrAl Strata
2023
Spectral Strata is an optically driven light, glass, and sound installation. It refers to an optical translation of the concept of Strata,
often associated with the formation of mineral deposits over the course of time that create layers or a series of linear layers of rock
in the ground. The installation consists of a series of blown glass vessels floating in space with projections of light engulfing the
space and interactina with the movina vessels.
Using light and projection to produce visual dynamics on the glass, the physicality of each object takes a back seat, and draws
attention to the light phenomena that the vessels are able to produce. Glass is unique in its optical properties, and by utilizing
projection on top of visually complex forms, the space is transformed. Inspired by the sound of glass, the score further activates the
atmosphere. Textural elements-using synthesizers, theremin, and tape-reversed guitar-weave between layered and isolated to
emphasize the strata on a sonic level. The projections are structurally composed of scenes used to exemplify the refraction of the
glass it is being projected through.
We are inviting viewers and explorers to take note of the environment around them and immerse themselves in another world
whether that be an earthly yet alien landscape, a mystical underwater cave, or anything the mind can imagine.
Installation by: Sam Cohen, Amelia Allison, Anna Vincent, Hannah Zahr, Sophia Kasparian, Riff Lehto, Sam Webb, Raina Bhartia,
Janine Bensen, Adine Raboy, A'knesha Davis-Darkwah, Onyx Raia.
Video Projections by: Anna Vincent, Raina Bhartia.
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