Orbis Viridis Obscurus Installation View 2008
Welcome
Ethan Jackson is a visual artist working in photographic media and optical installation. Light, vision, image and imagination are the basis for artworks ranging from the perceptual the documentary. Browse various projects in the Works section. Recent work is at the top, starting with the current Polyopticon series of architectural optics.
Current News:
Ethan Jackson is currently attending the Djerassi Resident Artist Program in Woodside, California.
Recent Events:
Orbis Viridis Obscurus at [NAAU]
20 August - 5 October
The fourth in the New American Art Union‘s Couture ‘08 series included optical and video works, including the installation Polyopticon VII.
[NAAU] 922 SE Ankeny St., Portland, OR 97214 503.231.8294.
Polyopticon VIII at galleryHomeland
5 September - 27 September
A large scale installation of Architectural Optics, Polyopticon VIII used nine apertures in a 70 by 30 foot storefront space to project a busy street corner, sky and trees onto various parts of the interior space at the Ford Building, 2505 SE 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97204 503.819.9656
Polyopticon IX at 1313 West Burnside
4 September - 27 September
Polyopticon IX rounded out a busy late summer of camera obscura offerings, installed in the top floor of 1313 West Burnside, Portland, OR.
Thanks:
Grateful acknowledgment is due to the the Regional Arts and Culture Council and to the NAAU for substantial financial support for all current projects. Parts of these installations were also facilitated by the Ucross Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, and Sam and Dusty Boynton.