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Atlas Moth J.C. Fontanive
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This work was created for "Keepsake 2024", a group exhibition at Uprise Art reflecting on how an artwork can serve as a vessel to carry a message, memory, or metaphor from the creator. Read more here.
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The "Atlas Moth" flipbook machine is my invention that brings images to life with paper and a clockwork mechanism. The still images flip past, creating an animation of a moth flapping its wings. As the paper flutters, a natural soundtrack is scored to the picture.
About the Artist
Working across a range of media, J.C. Fontanive is interested in movement, cinema, and mechanics, both literally and metaphorically as an attempt to try to understand the designing force of nature and evolution through time.
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- Exhibited at the Gibbes Museum, 2023
- Difference City, solo exhibition at Carol Corey Gallery, 2022
- Featured in Revolve: Spotlight on the Permanent Collection at the Cummer Museum, 2022
