Sun Effect,

2017

The “Sun Effect”project was durational Residency Within a Residency that took place in Santa Monica, California over the span of 3 months.

During the stay we hosted guests in exchange for stories and DIY souvenirs. Personal objects that would remind us of themand later became a part of our (re)collection. All of the accumulated items were symbolic forms of memoryderived from what a given guest deemed worthy.

At the end of the stay all of the collected souvenirswere recycled and mixed into a pulp. They wereblended and turned into sheets of paper - a new coherentform that embodies the whole “collection”. Every souvenir was symbolically included on each page, dried under the sun, the only remaining object.

A bouncy ball, a small mirror. Left by the first guest, was reflecting the sun into the wall of our communal space, greeting each newcomer. It stood at the entrance, where we first met, and telling them to feel at home.

All contributors:

Ross Clark, Ada Czeczelewska, Claude Eshaghian, Anastasia Gusach, Edgar Guzman, Ivan Karcev, Thibault Knop, Oscar Lang, Sue Man, Matt Mcmunn, Yoonji Na, Amita Ye , Silvio Palladino, Tristan Quay Thevenon, Samara Rodenta, Ajay Sharma, Kat Sotelo, Joseph Tuzolino, Alvaro Zelaya.