Artist in Residence at Hangar - Centro de Investigação Artística Lisbon, Portugal. November 2-30, 2023
High Chair
House Plants
Shape Shift
Invasive
Blindness
Warm Light
One Third
Hiding House Plant
Night Plant
Night Stool
Green Pieces
The light in Lisbon came into my south facing studio windows with a blinding intensity, heightened by bouncing off the enormous Tagus River and the ubiquitous white cobblestone walkways. I couldn’t see the back of my camera for many shots as the glare and brightness overwhelmed my eyes which had been used to the diffused, low light of Seattle. The quirky cast away objects I photographed, found on the streets of Lisbon, lost their weight in this light and felt like mirages of floating shape and color.
Hangar is a cultural center that hosts an Artist in Residency in the Graca neighborhood of Lisbon. The artists, writers, filmmakers, and curators I overlapped with were from all over the world including Russia, South Africa, Palestine, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Switzerland, and Portugal.