INLIGHT 2017

On November 3rd, 2017, 1708 Gallery’s 10th Annual InLight Richmond illuminated the City's Arts and Culture District along West Broad Street with light-based installations, performances, interactive projects, and a Community Lantern Parade. InLight 2017 took as its inspiration the 1901 Electric Carnival that enlivened Broad Street with a replica of the Eiffel Tower and tens of thousands of lights.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Travis Austin Mark Baker
Chalet Comellas 
Clinton Sleeper
Claire Bennett
Todd Berreth
Lee Cherry
Patrick FitzGerald
Emil Polyak
Jaclyn Bowie
Shannon Collis 
Liz Donadio 
Alex Coyle
Shannon Lowe
Grace Cummings
Victoria Farr
Younan Ghebrial
Ian C. Hess
Graehound
Tim Harper
Matt Lively
Lori Hepner
Kendra Ross
Wade Kramm
Derek Larson
Chelsea Lee
Robin Mandel
Josh Miller
Josh Rodenberg
Russell White
Rumput: Kyle Dosier, Andy McGraw, John Priestley, Beth Reid,
Brandon Simmons, Paul Wilson, & Jessica Zike
Jon-Phillip Sheridan
Jill Taffet
Sasha Waters Freyer

community partners

Afrikana Independent Film Festival
Classical Revolution RVA
CodeVA
Tyler Rhodes 
Momin Khan
Studio Two Three
Virginia Reperatory Theatre

special curated projects

Untold RVA curated by Free Egunfemi
Maximo Gonzales and VCU Dance Department Taylor Diggs and Michelle Koppl

2017 AWARD WINNERS BEST IN SHOW
Younan Ghebrial & Ian Hess | UNION

selected by Nat Trotman, Curator of Performance and Media at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
UNION combines influences from the mythology of Egypt and Ancient Greece, performance and technology to create an all-encompassing installation. Together, artists Ian Hess and Younan Ghebrial have united an array of diverse mediums in order to create a space that is evocative of an ancient era, and modern technology.

Ian C. Hess is the Creative Director at Endeavor Studios. Younan Ghebrial is a master screen printer, business owner, and refugee from Egypt. Through a chance encounter, the two have developed a budding friendship. For the first time, they are teaming up to create a dazzling spectacle for InLight 2017.

Special thanks to Sam Sulkin for music and Eliza Bell (aka) E Renew Me for performance.

NEW MARKET PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Graehound | Periphery

selected by the InLight audience
Periphery is a multi-panel installation composed of individually painted, punched, and laminated drawings, each independently backlit according to a randomized algorithm. This system creates an ever-changing display of the work, but never reveals its entirety at one time. The overall structure emulates an Amsler Grid, a tool ophthalmologists used to diagnose retrogressive visual acuity by identifying whether a participant can detect arbitrarily lit areas across their field of vision.

Graehound is a multi-disciplinary visual artist who works predominantly in two-dimensional mixed-media and beadweaving. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2016, she was awarded Best in Show in the 30 Below showcase, juried by Mary M. Tinti, as well as the Merwin Award in the 89th MCAC Exhibition, juried by Joshua Cox and Dawn Gettler. She received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Lesley University in June 2017.

Support of Periphery provided generously by James & Sherry Graehling, Susan Greer Emmerson, Kim Mulligan-White, Holly & Shane Sanderson, Ron Skidmore & Prairie Woodworks.

In memory of Eugene "Gene" Beck, 1934-2017.