“100 Pink Smoke flares (twice)”, by Raphaele Shirley is an ephemeral installation created with 200 pink smoke signal flares. The flares, lit simultaneously, build a wall of smoke that temporarily masks the landscape behind it. This ephemeral mass of color marks the appearance and disappearance of natural and urban settings as they are transformed my man’s hand. “100 Pink Smoke flares (twice)”, offers a reflection on nature’s beauty and timelessness, landscapes in distress, as well as it underlines their state of emergency in our current age of Anthropocene. The artwork oscillates between abstraction and figuration referring to romantic era landscape paintings and minimalistic language simultaneously. A musical procession leads viewers to the site before the remotely triggered flares ignite. From this initial gathering through the smoke’s final dispersal, the complete experience unfolds over 30-40 minutes.
In association with Catskill Art Space.
