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Cynthia Pachikara is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan with a joint appointment between the Stamps School of Art & Design and the Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning. Her artistic practice focuses on video-based sculpture and installation art, exploring the relationship between light, shadows, and spatial characteristics. She maintains an office at location 2075 on campus and can be contacted at cpachika@umich.edu.
Pachikara's research interests center on the intersection of media culture, architecture, and embodied space. Using theater lighting techniques, she conceives of the viewer's 'shadow body' as a void waiting to be filled with implicative video and photographic projections. Her work addresses the social contingency of gazing in a space and visualizes the notion of 'body-as-screen.' Her installations often explore pedestrian movement in public spaces and the concept of viewer as performer, creating interactive experiences where the audience becomes part of the artwork.
Her publications and installations demonstrate a consistent focus on light phenomena, spatial perception, and the relationship between the body and architectural boundaries. Pachikara's work spans from early video installations in the 1990s through current explorations of environmental light, showing an evolving but cohesive artistic trajectory that combines technical innovation with conceptual depth. Her recent work investigates how we unconsciously judge spatial voids through the flow of peripheral light and shadows that inhabit architectural boundaries.
- Mackintosh Museum of Glasgow, Scotland
- Forum for Contemporary Art in St. Louis
- Consolidated Works in Seattle
- Fassbender Gallery in Chicago
- SPACES in Cleveland
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax
- Ann Arbor International Film Festival
Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Pachikara taught video-based sculpture and installation art at Purdue University, Reed College, the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, and Washington University in St. Louis. She has been teaching since 1997, bringing extensive experience in both academic and artistic contexts to her current position.
