Illuminating Art

Kumi Yamashita works in many different media, including shadow and light. In the installation below, note the shadow profiles cast by the squares of paper:

"Origami," by Kumi Yamashita. Photo by John Bentham

In "Shadow Dialogue," lighted rotating paper profiles cast a shadow of two talking heads: http://vimeo.com/8015989 . For more, go to her website: http://kumiyamashita.com/