Karen Ghostlaw
"Multiplicity"
Archival digital prints from scanned analog negatives printed on
4 layers of voile and 2 layers of polysilk, suspended from a
custom-designed and handcrafted machined steel installation stand
with optional ceiling mount hardware
Layered Prints:
48" x 86"
Installation Stand:
99" x 50"
$10,000
Edition: 1 of 3 (in this size)
Artist Statement
Multiplicity In Motion is an immersive installation that transforms a 1981 double exposure negative from the Photo 101 series into a multidimensional holographic experience. What began as an experiment in layered film has evolved into an ongoing exploration of perception, memory, and the shifting nature of identity.
The work reimagines the human form—particularly the feminine figure—through choreographies of light, shadow, and transparency. Figures appear, dissolve, and re-emerge, suspended between visibility and absence. Reflective and translucent materials refract light into spectral layers, expanding the photograph beyond the flat surface into sculptural, spatial dimensions.
The installation encourages viewers to move around and engage with the work, making perception itself part of the experience.
Here, the body is not fixed but fluid, fragmented, and multiplied. The rhythmic layering of images suggests that identity, like memory, is always in motion. Photography, often understood as still and archival, becomes an unfolding, participatory experience—an instrument of transformation rather than mere documentation.
By projecting archival material into contemporary space, Multiplicity In Motion establishes a dialogue between past and present. The original analog negative resurfaces in new form, honoring history while pushing material and conceptual boundaries forward, inviting viewers into an active encounter with time, space, and perception.
The installation has been exhibited at MEAM (Modern European Art Museum) in Barcelona, Artspace One Gallery in Tribeca, New York, Bank Art Gallery in Newburgh, and most recently at the Women in Art Biennale, London 2025, receiving international recognition for its innovative approach to photography and immersive visual storytelling
Multiplicity In Motion is an immersive installation that transforms a 1981 double exposure negative from the Photo 101 series into a multidimensional holographic experience. What began as an experiment in layered film has evolved into an ongoing exploration of perception, memory, and the shifting nature of identity.
The work reimagines the human form—particularly the feminine figure—through choreographies of light, shadow, and transparency. Figures appear, dissolve, and re-emerge, suspended between visibility and absence. Reflective and translucent materials refract light into spectral layers, expanding the photograph beyond the flat surface into sculptural, spatial dimensions.
The installation encourages viewers to move around and engage with the work, making perception itself part of the experience.
Here, the body is not fixed but fluid, fragmented, and multiplied. The rhythmic layering of images suggests that identity, like memory, is always in motion. Photography, often understood as still and archival, becomes an unfolding, participatory experience—an instrument of transformation rather than mere documentation.
By projecting archival material into contemporary space, Multiplicity In Motion establishes a dialogue between past and present. The original analog negative resurfaces in new form, honoring history while pushing material and conceptual boundaries forward, inviting viewers into an active encounter with time, space, and perception.
The installation has been exhibited at MEAM (Modern European Art Museum) in Barcelona, Artspace One Gallery in Tribeca, New York, Bank Art Gallery in Newburgh, and most recently at the Women in Art Biennale, London 2025, receiving international recognition for its innovative approach to photography and immersive visual storytelling
