INLIGHT 2013

On November 8, 2013, 1708 Gallery's 6th annual InLight Richmond 2013 illuminated the waterways, pathways, walls, sidewalks, green spaces, bridges and terraces found in Shockoe along the Riverfront Canal Walk. The exhibition spanned from the Turning Basin to 17th Street, lighting the way for visitors to view light-based art and performances.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

The InLight Richmond 2013 exhibition selected by juror Ken Farmer, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Nuit Blanche New York, featured works by the following artists and artist collectives: Rachel Cohn, Laurids Sonne, and Michael Ashley, Richmond, VA; Chajana denHarder, Brooklyn, NY; Mariam Eqbal, Richmond, VA; Rebecca Ferrell and Joey Tran, Richmond, VA; Ross Fish, Lilli Favaz, and Sean Ludwig, Savannah, GA; forceperunit: Jacqueline Weaver, Timothy McMurray, and Michael Cunningham, Troy, NY; Jason Fugh, Norfolk, VA; Jane Garver and Matt Sigmon, Decatur, GA; Anna and Zoe Golden, Richmond, VA; Julie Hinzmann and Shawn Saharko, Richmond, VA; Chase Jones, Jayne Jones, Maggie Shackelford, and Zach Shackelford, Tallahassee, FL; Joanna Kidd, Davis, CA; Nichola Kinch, Elkins Park, PA; Craig Kraft, Washington, D.C.; Kelly McClung, Savanna, GA; Medeology Collective: Alessandro Imerato, Jim Gladman, Kelley McClung, Atlanta, GA; Karen Niemczyk, Greensboro, NC; Amie Oliver, Richmond, VA; Pilottone: Belinda Haikes, Nathan Halverson, Hassan Pitts, and Jennida Chase, Philadelphia, PA; Plantbot Genetics: Wendy DesChene and Jeff Schmuki, Statesboro, GA; Justin James Reed, Richmond, VA; This Makes Sense (an interdisciplinary VCU Arts undergraduate research team): Michael Flynn, Marcus Massok, Laura Pretzman, Elliot Roth, Perrin Turner, Jihyung Yoon, Taylor Robinson, Dillon Meyer, and Michael Jones McKean (faculty mentor), Richmond, VA; and Jill Taffet, Sarasota, FL.

ABOUT THE JUROR

Ken Farmer is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Nuit Blanche New York, producers of the annual Bring to Light: Nuit Blanche Festival. His collaborative interventions serve to activate urban space, and creatively reimagine public art as a democratic medium. Farmer has cultivated a unique curatorial style through which contemporary art and new media serve as catalysts for social and communal experience. His ambitious vision and place-making sensibility have led to innovative new works and site-specific adaptations with many renowned visual artists, including Vito Acconci, Rita Ackermann, Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe, Marilyn Minter, and Guido van der Werve.

Prior to Nuit Blanche New York, Ken worked with Project for Public Spaces, a nonprofit organization committed to community-driven activation of the public realm. He is also Co-Founder of DoTank:Brooklyn, a collective of urbanists and artists enhancing the city through positive action and small-scale change. Throughout his diverse projects, Farmer remains dedicated to creating more accessible platforms for artists to engage the built environment.

Farmer's recent activities include She's Crafty, a short residency program through which female artists exhibited their creative processes in the New Museum's lobby window; The Autumn Bowl, an audio-visual series in a former rope factory and skating bowl on the Brooklyn Waterfront; installations for the Red Bull Music Academy New York Performance Series; Kairos, an exhibition at the RBMA Studios; a performance series at the Palais de Tokyo, and the premiere of Marco Brambilla's Megaplex trilogy in St. Patrick's Old Cathedral.

2013 AWARD WINNERS

The Best In Show Award, selected by Juror Ken Farmer, was given to Rachel Cohn, Laurids Sonne, and Michael Ashley for their projection piece, Nonesuch Tales of Ardea Herodias.

The Most Environmentally Conscious Award, also selected by Juror Ken Farmer, was given to Julie Hinzmann and Shawn Saharko for their collaborative installation Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

The People's Choice Award, selected by the InLight audience was also given to Julie Hizmann and Shawn Saharko for Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.