June 27, 2019
MOIRA MACDONALD
Selkie: A Shadow Installation
Automata Windows presents MOIRA MACDONALD'S Shadow installation SELKIE in our storefront windows on Chung King Court, across from the Koi fish pond. Automata Window installations can be seen any time of the day or night, as you walk on Chung King Court
Through multiple circular backlit images, a young woman embarks on a quest for water, and undergoes a strange transformation. While Selkie is always on view through June 27, is best viewed as a shadow installation in the evening or night, when the illuminated silhouettes glow in the window.
ABOUT MOIRA MACDONALD:
Moira Lael MacDonald is a multidisciplinary theater artist and filmmaker. Her most recent work, Blue Waves, was performed at Automata Arts in Los Angeles in 2017. Other work includes Selkie, Margery and Me, Anatomy Lesson, Amaranth, The Life of the Bee, and Letter from the Bees. Her short hand-processed film, The Visible Woman, was screened at Concord Space in LA. Moira holds an MFA in Puppetry and Integrated Media from CalArts, and a BFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She teaches at Pasadena City College, and Moorpark College, where she was recently commissioned to lead a team of students in the design and fabrication of shadow puppets for the school's production of The Comedy of Errors. Moira was born and raised in Sitka, Alaska.
On view in our windows on Chung King Court; Selkie is best viewed after dark.
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Los Angeles, CA 90012
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