Parol #1 and Parol #4 are light works in the image of Filipino Parol lanterns, star-shaped Christmas lights linked to the nation's Spanish and American colonial periods and are a reference to the North Star used in navigation and way-finding.

To create the works a model of an individual star was built in a 3D rendering software, which became the basis for Parol #1.

The resulting work was then photographed using a kaleidoscope lens to create the form of the new, fractalized light structure of Parol #4. Together they are expressions of way-finding for the individual and the community.

Edition of 3 + AP
Ed 1 - Available (Silverlens Galleries)

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Exhibited:
"By Force of Nature", solo show, Silverlens Galleries, New York, March 2023