Creative Capital

Erika Blumenfeld’s short film Moving Light documents the ninety-three days between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice—the season of the year also referred to as spring. On March 20, 2005, at the exact moment of sunset (equinox), Blumenfeld used a hand-made light recording device to record a two-second exposure of sunlight onto a single sheet of film. For the next ninety-two days, she documented the sunlight at the same exact moment onto separate sheets of film. The ninety-three still images were then animated so that the light’s varying intensity would be visible through motion. The piece moves as a consequence of the sun’s daily and subtle shifts in intensity. As June 21 (solstice) approached, the sun moved towards solar maximum and the intensity of the sun increased.