Artist talk Stephen Dean

Do you wonder about the beautiful installation ECHO in de Elleboogkerk, how it’s made? What it reflects? On 31 May, artist Stephen Dean will come from Paris to Amersfoort to talk about his work during this special Artist Talk.
In ECHO, color is not simply applied but activated through the use of special dichroic glass, which simultaneously reflects and projects light depending on the viewer’s position. The result is a shifting visual experience that lingers and then slips away.
The work resonates with philosopher Henri Bergson’s notion of “duration”: the subjective, continuous flow of lived time, as opposed to measurable clock time. Like the gradual transition of colors in a sunset, Dean’s installation evokes an uninterrupted continuity in which moments merge rather than exist as separate units. His “color ladders” reflect an elusive and ephemeral world, an experience whose echo continues to resonate.
During the artist talk, Stephen Dean will discuss his practice, the development of ECHO, and his earlier work. At the end of the Artist Talk the audience will have the opportunity to ask all their questions to Stephen Dean.