{"id":509,"date":"2019-01-26T16:05:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T16:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/?page_id=509"},"modified":"2025-10-12T15:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T15:52:24","slug":"behind-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/?page_id=509","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Site-specific installation, 2018<br>Construction wood, plywood, programmed LED light, spotlight, painting on canvas on wooden stretcher<br>Size: H: 248,6 cm, W: 364,8 cm, L: 420 cm<br><br>MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2018<br>ArtFair Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, 2019<br>ARS Libera, Kuopio, Finland, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The viewer\u2019s physical presence acts together with the installation in a way that causes the viewer\u2019s shadow to change. As light shifts on the painted surface, it seems as if one\u2019s own cast shadow becomes translucent, shifts \u201cbehind\u201d the surface, disappears altogether until re-emerging a while later. The work is fully actuated only in the presence of the viewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1.jpg\" alt=\"Site-specific installation. Installation views from MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 2018 Construction wood, plywood, programmed LED light, spotlight, latex on canvas on wooden stretcher Size of the room: H: 248,6 cm, W: 364,8 cm, L: 420 cm \" class=\"wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-4.jpg\" alt=\"Site-specific installation. Installation views from MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 2018 Construction wood, plywood, programmed LED light, spotlight, latex on canvas on wooden stretcher Size of the room: H: 248,6 cm, W: 364,8 cm, L: 420 cm \" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-4-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-4-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-4-520x359.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-3.jpg\" alt=\"Site-specific installation. Installation views from MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 2018 Construction wood, plywood, programmed LED light, spotlight, latex on canvas on wooden stretcher Size of the room: H: 248,6 cm, W: 364,8 cm, L: 420 cm \" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-3-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-3-520x359.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-2.jpg\" alt=\"Site-specific installation. Installation views from MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 2018 Construction wood, plywood, programmed LED light, spotlight, latex on canvas on wooden stretcher Size of the room: H: 248,6 cm, W: 364,8 cm, L: 420 cm \" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-2-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Behind-the-Moon-2-520x359.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michal-Behind-the-Moon-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">Views inside the installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Behind the Moon\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/300518701?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"456\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\">A fast-forward simulation of the changes in the installation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Site-specific installation, 2018Construction wood, plywood, programmed LED light, spotlight, painting on canvas on wooden stretcherSize: H: 248,6 cm, W: 364,8 cm, L: 420 cm MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2018ArtFair Suomi, Helsinki, Finland, 2019ARS Libera, Kuopio, Finland, 2019 The viewer\u2019s physical presence acts together with the installation in a way that causes the viewer\u2019s shadow to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/?page_id=509\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Behind the Moon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-509","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=509"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/509\/revisions\/1302"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}