Manhattan View Looking South in Large Room, 1996
To create these seeming optical illusions, Abe finds a room with a compelling view and covers the windows with black plastic. He cuts a small hole in the plastic and the view from outside spills onto the wall opposite the window upside down and inverted. Suddenly a busy street is on the wall of a conference room. To capture the scene, Abe leaves his camera in the room and exposes the negative over the course of the day.
Shadow of House-Director and Producer: Allie Humenuk
Working alone, Allie Humenuk, director of Shadow of the House, filmed Morell and his family for over 7 years both at home and abroad. During the film, Morell returns to Cuba for the first time since his escape in 1962. This decision, and the intense anger and fear it arouses in his family, forces him to wrestle with his sense of identity, familial allegiance, and cultural politics. Shadow of the House explores the intersection between these issues and Morell’s idiosyncratic artistic vision.
