September 1 – October 31, 2015

The Lucent Parlor is a fully immersive installation that was created while researching as a Fellow at the Museum of American Glass and the Creative Glass Center of America in Milleville, New Jersey. The library, museum collection, and working antiquated glass mold library prompted a rethinking of 19th century glass motifs, process, and optic qualities.

The Lucent Parlor consists of candle-lit wall sconces, distorted press cut tumblers, platters, wallpaper, furniture, and glass wall medallions centered around two video pieces with original soundtracks by Maralie. Introducing new methods to 19th century glass-making techniques resulted in optically unique glass objects with their own fictional romantic histories. For example, ladle casting on press molds resulted in one-of-a-kind objects that dance with patterns and shadow when placed by candlelight. By rethinking a specific process and history, a new experience was created.

The Lucent Parlor Chapter I and Chapter II videos are in the permanent collection of the Museum of American Glass in Milleville, NJ.

Original soundtracks by Maralie