SGC International Conference • Knoxville, Tennessee • March 18-21, 2015 |
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Using woodcuts, screenprints and monoprints, Michael Siporin Levine piece “Windows” creates a site-specific work for the Keener Lighting Building that reacts to the vacant/boarded-up window spaces. Themes, ideas and imagery presented in this installation include the imagined interior space, light/lamps/light fixtures, and the history of the Keener Lighting Co. Levine contacted family members of the Keener Lighting Co, who provided him with images of the company from its early days. The work also references historic images from Knoxville Power and Light Co. obtained through the Knox County Public Library Digital Archives.