“Shadows and Light” – The Kinetic Art of Rob Niosi

From a very young age, local filmmaker/artist Rob Niosi has been compelled to draw, paint and… build things. When he was 8 years old, he picked up his father’s home movie camera and began his journey as a filmmaker. He has made a career in nearly ever aspect of film and video production, including writing, producing, directing, set design and construction, prop building, special-effects make-up, stop-motion animation, cinematography, and more.

Rob recently completed a 12-year project constructing a full scale Time Machine inspired by the 1960 MGM film of the same name. This project has recently been chronicled in a feature length  documentary entitled, How To Build A Time Machine.

Many of Rob’s pieces in this exhibit are inspired by the idea of time travel—and his love of vintage mechanical gadgets—which he often repurposes as objects that explore the interplay between shadows and light.”

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