INVISIBLE BY NIGHT

Invisible by Night is an interactive video installation which responds to touch and presents a projection of a life–sized woman whose eternal pacing can be quietly interrupted by the viewer.

Commissioned by Experimenta in response to the layered history of the site of Melbourne’s first morgue, Lynette chose to create a piece about the process of grief and loss, and the transient nature of compassion. Her story of the stranger who inspired the work can be viewed below.

Invisible by Night builds mirror gesture into its interactive structure to create powerful emotional connections with the viewer. The piece signals our neglect of ‘histories of site’ through our more immediate lack of compassion for those who suffer among us. Its attention to the transient nature of compassion traverses boundaries of urban community and history.

Invisible By Night was commissioned by Experimenta.org and produced by Forma.