The Original Art of Myco Bowen
1,111 Windows to the Soul / Mushroom Art / Visionary Art
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The Original Art of
Myco Bowen
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1,111 Windows to the Soul / Mushroom Art / Visionary Art
What's with all the eyes?
A social art experiment that involved asking random strangers to have their eye macro photographed, which was compiled into a video installation and mosaic print. Captured 1,111 individual eyes from people of all ages, races and backgrounds along with dogs, cats, turtles, snakes and a blue-tongued skink.
What's with all the eyes?
A social art experiment that involved asking random strangers to have their eye macro photographed, which was compiled into a video installation and mosaic print. Captured 1,111 individual eyes from people of all ages, races and backgrounds along with dogs, cats, turtles, snakes and a blue-tongued skink.
Installations and Press
- View or download high-resolution eye images via FLICKR
- Tampa Creative Loafing, Sensory Overload
- Tampa Creative Loafing, Video Shoot
- Alys Beach Digital Graffiti, Finalist (2012)
- Blinc Digital Installation, Wales U.K. {video no longer available}
- New Roots St. Pete Article
The original Eye Mosaic self-portait
Installations and Press
- View or download high-resolution eye images via FLICKR
- Tampa Creative Loafing, Sensory Overload
- Tampa Creative Loafing, Video Shoot
- Alys Beach Digital Graffiti, Finalist (2012)
- Blinc Digital Installation, Wales. {video no longer available}
INTERESTING STATS:
- each eye was individually cropped, sharpened and curated
- approximately 4% of people turn me down to have their picture taken
- 5 dogs
- 2 cats
- 2 snake eyes
- 2 skink eyes
- 2 bearded dragon eyes
- 4 bird eyes
- 2 turtle eyes
- 3 eyes from t-shirts
- 5 tattoo eyes
- 33 eyes from artwork
- 1 hologram eye
- 1 flipped eyelid
- 1 henna eye
- 10 doll eyes
- 1 “Watch Out For Motorcycles” eye
- 5 3rd eyes (2 painted on 3rd eye, 1 jeweled, 1 statue)
- 3 blinking eyes
- 1 beer bottle cap eye
- 1 shy eye with my reflection in sunglasses
- 1 upside down 3 month old eye
- 1 newborn
- 1 eye taken in ICU, In Memory of Joseph “Skip” Daly
- 33 eyes have a diagonal white line created from sun reflection
- 1 “Kenwood Neighborhood Watch” eye
All images © Copyright 1995–2022 Michael Bowen. No sales or reproductions without prior consent in writing.
All images © Copyright 1995–2022 Michael Bowen.
No sales or reproductions without prior consent in writing.