I was recently asked to design a photographic mural for a new program at New York’s School of Visual Arts. (…) So I created a 70′ x 9′ photographic mural – “City Wall” – which would sheath the exterior wall of a 55-seat auditorium, surrounded by multifunctional spaces. “City Wall” pioneered new magnetic print technology…
In September 2005, in collaboration with architectural historian Richard Ingersoll, I was commissioned to produce two monumental, interactive, double-sided ‘photo-curtains’ as part of an international exhibition for the Kunsthaus Museum in Graz, Austria. In September 2005, in collaboration with architectural historian Richard Ingersoll, I was commissioned to produce two monumental, interactive, double-sided ‘photo-curtains’ as part…
In 2002 I was invited to participate in a group exhibition on the theme of “water in the city” in the lobby of the FIAP Jean Monnet, an international conference center in Paris. I installed a large, double-sided photo-curtain through which visitors to the center passed. The installation was prolonged through 2003 and into 2004.…
In 2002 I was commissioned to produce a custom piece for the Paris headquarters of Thierry Mugler, in collaboration with architecture studio O’Design. I developed an evolving tableau which highlighted the relationship between the behind-the-scenes design and craft of the company and their evolving product, the fall-winter collections of that year. In 2002 I was…
American Express and Macy’s commissioned a monumental installation for a fundraiser held yearly in San Francisco and Los Angeles. I developed nine ‘Panels of Hope’, representing survivors, caregivers, and youth involved in the battle against AIDS. Simo Neri is a photographer who likes to work big. Or at least tall. Indeed she has been working…
In 2000, I installed two, large-scale, photographic ‘kimonos’ in the imposing architecture of Osaka’s World Trade Center – “Sky Kimono” and “Fire Kimono” – as my way of paying tribute to Japanese culture. In 2000, I installed two, large-scale, photographic ‘kimonos’ in the imposing architecture of Osaka’s World Trade Center – “Sky Kimono” and “Fire…
In September 2001 I installed a photographic forest at Belcher Gallery in San Francisco. Virtual Wood tries to confuse the conventional perception of depth and distance and to disorient the viewer when – by simply turning around – he finds himself in a forest of skies. “A fool sees not the same tree that a…
