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1. Measure of Dispersion
series / public art


2. Measure of Dispersion
series / sculptures


3. Measure of Dispersion
series / wall sculptures


4. Ascension
series / legos


5. Martyrdom
series / legos
6. Displaced
series / sculpture

7. Intersected
series / sculpture

8. Contortionist
series / sculpture

9. Harlem Turrell
series / photography

10. Oedipus Eyes
series / photography

12. Collision Collusion
video, painting

13. Icarus
video

14. Perceptible
series / sculpture

Gustavo Prado


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2. Measure of Dispersion (series) sculpture / Cloud

Cloud

_ Metal and Mirros
72 x 20 x 32" (approx.)
New York, July 2015






The work “Cloud” is a overly crowded accumulation of mirrors turned to the different paths of circulation that cross the gallery. Hanging from the ceiling it appears to increase the sense of surveillance provoked in the viewers. While appearing to be hovering above, as a drone scanning everything and everyone around and underneath it.






The series “Measure of Dispersion” is comprised of sculptures and installations that aim to amplify and manipulate the spectator’s field of vision through the use of blind spot mirrors and a modular metal structure. It uses ordinary materials that are combined in different ways to reconfigure the apprehension of one's surroundings, and change one's own sense of location.


Rather than capturing a specific moment like a camera, the mirrors reflect a fragmented body seen from uncontrollable angles and different points in space simultaneously. The resulting viewer experience is a challenge to the impulse to project preconceived assumptions onto what we see: we are made to test our sense of familiarity with our surroundings and, more importantly, with ourselves.




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