Red Empty Chicago 2003

Light and darkness transform city buildings into surreal structures: an ordinary gray concrete building in plain daylight changes at night into a mysterious monolith or, under a blue-tinted lens, into an ethereal edifice. Swedish artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff harnessed these transformative powers of light to create a powerful spectacle that presents Chicago architecture from a wholly original perspective in this collection of striking photographs.Red Empty (Chicago 2003)is the latest in a series of urban-centered works spanning from Bangkok to Santa Fe in which von Hausswolff set 1000-watt red spotlights against the architecture of run-down, abandoned buildings to generate spectral real-world monochromes. his images explore intermediate realms through these otherworldly images--worlds traced by psychic residue that rewrite the history of particular sites.Red Emptyis a compelling visual work that transforms Chicago architecture into sculptures of light, shadow, and stone.von Hausswolff, Carl Michael is the author of 'Red Empty Chicago 2003', published 2005 under ISBN 9780945323044 and ISBN 0945323042.