The enigmatic subject of Kuhn’s photography and sound installation is an imagined figure inspired by a letter from R.M. Schindler to a mysterious lover. Shot in the modernist house the famed architect designed in West Hollywood, each portrait is solarized, a technique favored by ‘20s-era surrealists. The resulting impressionistic images question the nature of fiction and photography as a record, capturing this woman’s physical presence as she dematerializes.
