Allows the viewer to experience a light filled environment articulated by a vivid metamorphosis of color on the backdrop of a contemporized interpretation of Papel Picado, a Mexican folk art practice of cutout paper flags. This sea of Papel Picado will capture ionic light as they shift with the breeze, illuminating the display with brush strokes of pure swirling color. The intent of the installation is to bring the mystery and exuberance of the Aurora Borealis and the nature of ionic light to these southern latitudes where the natural phenomena is rarely seen.

Performance schedule: Continuous, 1-10pm

LOCATION: Grounds of Hulse Warman Gallery, 222 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte

About the artist: Born 1955 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For more than thirty years, August Muth has been an internationally exhibiting artist and pioneer in the exploration of light. He began his studies of art and physics at the University of New Mexico in 1974. From 1975 to 1978, he attended the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Austin. In 1978, he left Texas and moved to New York. In 1980, he began working with holographic processes at New York’s Museum Of Holography. In 1985, he moved to the Telluride, Colorado area to build his own holography studio. After seven years in Colorado, Muth’s studio was moved to Santa Fe and expanded to accommodate more ambitious projects.