Northwest Corner, Southeast Light is the largest to date in Mary Temple’s ongoing light installation series. The title is a reference to how she imagines a large swath of sunlight might appear in the northwest corner of the Rice Gallery space. Even on sunless, overcast days visitors to the contemplative space will be reminded of certain moments and qualities of light. With each installation Temple has become more and more interested in not only the feelings of disbelief it provokes in viewers, but also the kinds of memories her light and shadows, which often appear to be cast through bay windows and canopies of trees or foliage, may conjure in the viewer.
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