INLIGHT 2016

On November 11, 2016, 1708 Gallery's 9th annual InLight Richmond brought light-based installations and performances to Scott's Addition. The exhibition featured 16 artists or artist collectives selected works by Ellina Kevorkian, Artistic Director of Residency Programs at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art as well as 5 special curated projects and 4 community projects.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Andy Diaz Hope and Jon Bernson
Rob Carter
Chalet Comellas
Alexis Courtney
Victoria Fink and Torian Ugworji
Lucy Gillis
Tim Harper and Matt Lively
Leekyung Kang
Bob Kaputof
Arturo Mejia
Lara Mossler
Jon Rehwoldt and Peter Baldes
Tyler Rhodes
Joana Stillwell
Leigh Suggs
Alice Pixley Young

curated projects

Adam Brown
Peter Fraser
Miatta Kawinzi
Paul Shortt
Alyssa Salomon and Anne Wright.

community projects

Art on Wheels
Circe Strauss for Iridian Gallery
Studio Two Three
Afrikana Film Festival

2016 AWARD WINNERS BEST IN SHOW
Andy Diaz Hope + Jon Bernson | god(s)(dess)(es)

selected by juror Ellina Kevorkian, Artistic Director of Residency Programs at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
Andy Diaz Hope and Jon Bernson combine elements of sculpture, audio and video to create immersive, multi-sensory environments. Both an object and an experience, god(s)(dess)(es) features a montage of film depictions of gods and goddesses from the past thirty years.

ANDY DIAZ HOPE earned his BA and MA in Engineering from Stanford University’s joint program between the engineering and art departments. He has exhibited nationally and internationally in venues such as the Museum of Art and Design in New York, NY; the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia; and the London Crafts Council, London, England.

JON BERNSON was a 2015 artist-in-residence at the de Young Museum and is a resident playwright at the Playwrights Foundation in San Francisco. Recent projects include Beautification Machine, his collaboration with Andy Diaz Hope, which is now part of the permanent collection at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Both artists are represented by Catharine Clark Gallery.

NEW MARKET PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Bob Kaputof | Cold and Overcast Day

selected by the InLight audience
Cold and Overcast Day features a narrative of images and sounds created with light, lenses and objects; flashes of electricity create shadows of ideas, memories and desires and collectively suggest a dreamscape. The soundtrack is produced by placing a speaker downstream of the bulbs to capture the sounds generated by these flashing lights. The images can be singular.But often times images occur in combinations akin to the firing of neurons in the brain.

Kaputof is an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University currently teaching in the Kinetic Imaging Department. He has taught in both the Design and Kinetic Imaging departments at VCU and led the K.I. Department from 2003-2010. He has screened work at the Dallas Video Festival; the Pacific Film Archives; Berkeley and Mill Valley Film + Video Festival and other venues.