Liz Lee - Fredonia, New York

"Interference Fringes Static," 22" x 30", printed on Arches Watercolor Warm Press
100% Rag Paper using an Epson 9500 large-format ink-jet printer, 2001

Artist Statement:

"Interference Fringes - Static" is a visual illusion investigating the existence of an intangible object through the application of light. The image is a digital fabrication documenting that ethereal objects (the interference fringe) reveal their interference patterns similar to those
found in the shadows of physical objects. Inspired by Francesco Grimaldi who noted in 1665 that in the shadows surrounding an opaque object, there lies a thin layer of interference fringes. Disagreeing with the positions of Galileo and Newton, Grimaldi proposed that light was not a stream of particles, but was rather a fluidlike substance that could flow around
objects.

Liz Lee
Elizabeth.Lee@Fredonia.edu
Lizlee_ny@yahoo.com
www.lizlee.net

Selected Exhibitions:

• Digital Visions, The Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, California. May 2002
• 79th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum. April-May 2002 Juror¹s Award
• A Body of Work, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York. Feb - March 2002
• Between the Borders: New Forms of Identity, SPACES, Cleveland, Ohio. Sept-Oct 2001
• IV2001 Digital Art Gallery, Brunei Gallery, London, England. July 2001
• Forms of I.D. (Solo exhibition), Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts. Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2001
• SIGGRAPH 2000 Art Gallery, Ernest B. Moyer Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. July 2000