PORTAL

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Run Time: 1 min 33 sec
Concept by Jen Stark
Animation by TJ Pulliam
Sound by Jamie Vance

While Stark’s visual lexicon has become most synonymous with her vibrant drips and alien forms, portals have been prevalent since the onset of her practice when she was making sculptures out of colored construction paper and wood. In these early works, inspired by enigmatic black holes, the viewer felt as if they were on the cusp of entering another dimension, but not fully inside one. Projections on the walls and floor create the sensation of flying inside a spinning vortex, making this Stark’s most immersive portal to date. In addition to space and time travel, Portal indirectly references geological formations, topographical maps, and patterns in evolution.