Anna Kaye - "Flux and Fuse"

A candle—one of the earliest inventions of the ancient world—is juxtaposed with modern technology—in the form of projected light—to further the act of illumination and the transcendence of a symbol through time. These illuminated forms have been used since ancient times and throughout the world. In India, people boiled cinnamon to create wax for their temple candles, the Romans used rolls of papyrus dipped in tallow, candles were made of wax extracted from tree nuts in Japan, and tribes in Alaska and Canada used eulachon fish as a candle. Candles provide light & warmth, are a part of our cultural rituals & ceremonies, and can be used to produce fragrance and alleviate stress. Flux and fuse invites viewers to meditate on their own personal associations with this ancient and modern form of light.