Tim Collins
Open Studio Exhibitions, San Francisco, California.
Concentrated Concentricity is an experimental installation. Working with interior space, water and light Collins attempts to control and focus the viewers attention.
The work consists of a long darkened corridor that is 12 feet long but only 16 inches wide. It opens through a hole in a wall into a 150 square foot room. Once inside the viewer is faced with a pool of water, a timed drop of water falls into the centre every sixty seconds. The room includes river stone, sand and natural overhead light that comes through a circular skylight that is also in the centre of the room.
Controlling the approach and entry to this space allows the viewer time to focus down into him/herself. As they step into the body of the work, they are prepared for an unexpected sensual experience. Once inside the experience is not unlike a chapel or sanctuary. The rhythm of the drip seems to permeate the space. The concentric circles radiating off the drop feels as if they go beyond the boundaries of the pool. The natural light washes the pool and lest the walls fall away. Concentrated Concentricity is the centre, of both me and you.