Collections of rear-illuminated dark mirrors hand-engraved to look like mobile phones and tablets in which someone is trying to capture a sunset.
On the Impossibility of Capturing a Sunset (in Margate), Ellen Harvey, 2020. 65 Hand-engraved Plexiglas mirrors, Lumisheets, Plexiglas frames, electric cords, dimensions variable, here: 67 x 79” (1.7 x 2m). Photograph: Thierry Bal.
Device Sunset, Ellen Harvey, 2021. 23 Hand-engraved Plexiglas mirrors, Lumisheets, Plexiglas frames, electric cords, here: 30 x 55” (76 x 140 cm ). Photograph: Etienne Frossard.
On the Impossibility of Capturing a Sunset, Ellen Harvey, 2017. 16 hand-engraved Plexiglas mirrors, 16 Lumisheets, plywood, overall: 58 x 37 x 1″ (147 x 94 x 2.5 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard.