Lambent Terrains

Curated by Tri.

(Photos Stu Davison)

Lambent: glowing, gleaming, or flickering with soft radiance. Terrain: a stretch of land and the qualities beheld there. Lambent Terrains features work with a scenic approach to luminous neon art not unlike one would approach landscape painting. Each work in this show reflects upon the artists’ visions of the world told through scenes they created. Whether they be depictions of real life places, made up abstracted lands, or man-made maps; the works tell the stories of the artist’s view on the world. For Kiran Kodali, maps are an archive of those who have explored our lands before us, but for Sol HM maps are made up of coded languages and decided upon by few. Theo Luna and Lena Bobbye Keys remind us of the impact of capitalism on our lived condition, where we all have learned Hell is Real, like Patrick Fina’s piece depicting a rural Ohio landmark. Despite this we are reminded of the beauty in our world through the natural landscapes of Zoelle Nagib and Adelaide Jimin Kong which remind us not to take the natural world for granted as it leads to a place of inspiration and contemplative reflection. Each one of these works approaches a distinct world view and reminds us that the world we live in is bigger through the eyes of the individual. The perspective we carry and the lives we live are all uniquely our own even when there’s shared similarities, but despite our differences one thing remains the same; the planet we share. It is with understanding one another’s perspective that we are then able to broaden our understanding of our existence on earth through a deeper lens. Lambent Terrains is a glowing reminder to see things beyond ourselves and see this big blue planet through the eyes of these distinct individuals.

Artists featured: Patrick Fina, Zoelle Nagib, Adelaide Jimin Kong, Lena Bobbye Keys, Sol HM, Kiran Kodali, Theo Luna, and Kathryn Steed.