Orbit 3

Artist Jennifer Steinkamp (American, b. 1958)

CultureAmerican

Date2009

MediumLumen projector and PC

DimensionsVariable

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Susan and Dubby Wynn, Susan and David Goode, Joan Nusbaum, In Memory of Faith W. Nusbaum and Daisy Katz from Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Katz and Mr. Sidney Nusbaum, Nancy Jacobson, Renee and Paul Mansheim, Leah and Richard Waitzer, Angelica and Henry Light, Stevie and Ed Oldfield, and Clay Barr, and gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by exchange

Object number2009.16

Collections

Modern and Contemporary

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, 310, OPEN

Label TextJennifer Steinkamp American, b. 1958 Orbit 3, 2009 Lumen projector and PC I have set out to investigate illusions that transform the viewer’s perception of actual space in a synthesis of the real and the virtual. —Jennifer Steinkamp Though Jennifer Steinkamp is often referred to as a video artist, her process begins with drawing. For Orbit 3, she started with several sketches of different leaves and branches, then loaded them into her computer. There she digitally manipulated each leaf and branch in three dimensions. After carefully crafting the progression of each component, she projects the lively sequence onto a blank wall. Viewers experience the changing seasons in a space-time continuum that is impossible on our gravity-bound planet Earth. Steinkamp’s work implies that even with continued technological advancement, nature can still be mysterious, awe-inspiring, and eternally relevant. Museum purchase with funds provided by Susan and Dubby Wynn, Susan and David Goode, Joan Nusbaum, In Memory of Faith W. Nusbaum and Daisy Katz from Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Katz and Mr. Sidney Nusbaum, Nancy Jacobson, Renee and Paul Mansheim, Leah and Richard Waitzer, Angelica and Henry Light, Stevie and Ed Oldfield, and Clay Barr, and gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. by exchange. 2009.16 Exhibition History"Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010. "0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, March 24 - August 11, 2013. "In the Box: Jennifer Steinkamp," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - November 2, 2014.Published ReferencesNorth Carolina Museum of Art and Penland School of Crafts, _0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art_ (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2013) 120-121, 137.