The Shaker logo distorted

The Shaker logo undistorted

General view with shaker and projection

When no one sees the shaker, the trees are bare, when the shaker is 'seen' the leaves and nuts shake and fall

Detail of Shaker

The shaker with visitors seeing it undistorted

The undistorted Shaker with its 'shadow' behind

The 'shadow' of the Shaker painted on the wall behind

The still projection

The active projection, when someone is seeing the Shaker undistorted

Models of the Shaker

The nutcracker

Shaker, a magical yet seldom seen machine used for nut harvesting becomes a sculptural form filling the gallery. As visitors walk through the space, the sculpture/machine is at first unrecognizable, perversely distorted through digital manipulation. Yet, from one singular vantage point the piece pulls into focus. In this spot, perception and function collapse as the shaker defies its grand scale to crack a single nut.

California State University, Chico, 2016.
Photography by Luke Christiansen