NOW YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, are the words that a humble puddle in the desert of Saudi Arabia would say to any of her curious visitors. She knows that she is only here for a brief moment of time; where she is formed is really by accident and will not be her permanent home, therefore an encounter with a puddle can carry folds of information and a range of ideas that can disappear in a moment. If only we can really see her. There is no randomness to the puddle forming; reading a puddle and the circumstances of its appearance is a skill that is simple yet constantly overlooked.

In urban spaces puddles have a bad reputation; the puddle is not an innocent natural phenomenon. In cities, puddles are usually seen as a sign of an imperfection in design, or a failure in engineering. Puddles are to be eradicated and avoided in most human inhabited spaces. 

In the evening they become Moon Circles through a series of lighting techniques used to create this effect. They are activated by people interacting with them, and through the body and this experience we may reflect on the environment this artwork has been placed in. Climate change and irresponsible man made irrigation practices has made water scarcity one of the most important issues facing my country today. These puddles are indicators of the impending water crisis and the disappearance of these puddles is what I want to examine in this artwork, conceptually speaking I am using this artwork to underline the impact of absence and the politics of visibility.