Simon Demosthene
Conservation Technician
Harvard Library

Corner of a colorful gallery hall with a few women and children enjoying the art. A ballet dancer is watched by a child as she performs with her hands in the air. Gallery exhibitions include: a photo of a window with numerous taut strings mimicking rays of light coming in. A painting of three girls playing with sand on a beach. Two hardly visible paintings of buildings and natural landscapes. Photos of the same ballet dancer who is present in the hall in different dance poses. And a photo of the cellist with his instrument who played during the performance from which the photos are from.

Dancing in the Frames

Digital Collage: 15,000 x 15,000 pixels, high-resolution 300 dpi

My artistic vision recreating the 2023 Harvard Staff Art Show experience at the esteemed Art Wing of the Smith Campus Center, Cambridge. Inspired by the ballet performance, “Moonlight, Cotton, Strings, Nails,” I reimagined last year’s exhibition.

Read more by Simon Demosthene regarding the artwork’s history, inspiration, and context.

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