Jennifer & Kevin McCoy — Ghost Ship (2025)

A ship appears on the wall, but its ghost is made before our eyes by real objects and mechanisms. In Ghost Ship, automation turns shadow play into a physical animation that openly reveals how it works.

Jennifer & Kevin McCoy — Ghost Ship (2025) — bitforms gallery

Jennifer & Kevin McCoy — Ghost Ship (2025)

A ship appears on the wall, but its ghost is made before our eyes by real objects and mechanisms. In Ghost Ship, automation turns shadow play into a physical animation that openly reveals how it works.

The illusion becomes stranger when its machinery is visible: our desire to believe survives the exposure of the trick.

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