Narcissus
Erie Art Museum - 2022
Narcissus, an immersive art installation from Erie Art Company and Noodlefish, commissioned for the Erie Art Museum. Brad Ford was responsible for design, fabrication, and installation of the COLLABORATIVE work of 5 artists.
Narcissus is a narrative installation inspired by the ancient Greek myth found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Visitors experience the exhibit as if they are Narcissus themselves. The pieces reflect distorted views and sound activations trigger questions that Echo, the water nymph in love with Narcissus, tried to convey to show her affection. At the end of the exhibition, visitors become captured in their own reflection until they drown in the mirror pool and are transformed into the flower, just like Narcissus.
