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Light Sensitive – online exhibition

‘Light Sensitive’ is a major exhibition at Town Hall Gallery showcasing the narrative potential of light and its innovative application in art.

Drawing on the symbolic, conceptual, and functional qualities of the medium, the featured artists have a sensitivity to light in various forms, from natural to neon. In this exhibition artists share their personal stories, heritage, or responses to place through a sophisticated blending of artistry and science.

‘Light Sensitive’ offers an immersive and contemplative experience celebrating the medium of light in its many incarnations, including photography, installation, and projection.

‘Light Sensitive’ is on at Town Hall Gallery from Wednesday 26 April to Saturday 15 July 2023.

Featuring: Leslie Eastman, Kinly Grey, Taree Mackenzie, Jazz Money, Sanja Pahoki and Meagan Streader.

Image credit: Taree Mackenzie, ‘Pepper’s ghost, triangles, cyan and red’, 2018, installation view, Neon Parc, 2018, image courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Christo Crocker.

Download the catalogue

  Light Sensitive exhibition catalogue 2.01 MB [PDF] 2 May 2023

Exhibition photography

Browse the exhibition by scrolling through the image carousel below.

Large indoor art installation space with hardwood floors and three scattered televisions. To the right there is a photo of the top half of an elderly woman's face.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Large indoor art installation space with hardwood floors and three scattered televisions. To the left there is a photo of an elderly woman with her arms outstretched.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Indoor art installation space with hardwood floors and three scattered televisions. There is a drawing of thumbs pressed against eyes and eyebrows.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring three diamond shapes hanging from a fitting, and three diamond shapes on a glowing light green background.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring three diamond shapes hanging from a fitting, and three diamond shapes on a glowing purple background.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Long thin rectangular art installation space with two square columns and hardwood floors. There are multi-coloured artworks on round backgrounds to the left and right and two rectangular works in the distance.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Long thin rectangular art installation space with a square column and hardwood floors. There is a round-top table with light-reflecting objects which create a purple and orange pattern. There is a tripod to the right.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring five circles containing straight lines and a mix of pink, orange, blue, green and yellow. The circle to the left is blue with white words and X symbols.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring a projector and tripod pointed at a wall to create a round shape with rainbow-style colours
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring three light projectors pointed at a round-top table, creating a mix of red, blue and yellow. There is a tripod near the far wall.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring two clear objects and projected red and black colours.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Long thin rectangular art installation space with an illuminated black and white worm-like sculpture in the foreground.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Artwork featuring a vertical line of half-oval shapes in green, blue and white, pushed against each other.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Long thin rectangular art installation space with hardwood floors. There is a work with blue, green and white semi-oval shapes to the right. There are two rectangular works on the left and far wall.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Two vertical-rectangular artworks on a wall. One features scattered grey and black diamond shapes and one features green overlapping diamond shapes.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring a red illuminated circle hanging from the roof.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring a red illuminated circle hanging over a black reflective circle on the ground.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Art installation featuring six white squares hanging on a wall, with squares appearing smaller when further from camera.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Entrance to Light Sensitive art installation, with glass doors and a photo of two elderly people wearing sunglasses.
Installation view, ‘Light Sensitive’, Town Hall Gallery, 2023. Photography by Christian Capurro.
Two older people in front of a bright white background wearing modern reflective sunglasses
Sanja Pahoki, still from ‘A message from the future’, 2016, single channel HD video, 5:00 mins, image courtesy of the artist and Sarah Scout Presents.
A led light in the shape of a hand-drawn sun with a smiley face
Sanja Pahoki, installation view, ‘Smiley Sun’, 2021, neon, perspex, image courtesy of the artist and Sarah Scout Presents.
A stained glass window in the shape of multiple archways connecting to each other, each with different green glass in them
Meagan Streader, ‘Mediating between two desires (green)’, 2022, acrylic, textured glass, COB LEDs, transformer, 78cm x 38cm, private collection, image courtesy of the artist and MARS Gallery.
An abstract shape with 4 corners made with reflective gold tiles of different textures
Meagan Streader, ‘Untitled (bardi)’, 2022, acrylic, glass lead light, COB LED, transformer, 100cm x 90cm x 8cm, private collection, image courtesy of the artist and MARS Gallery.
A white canvas with frayed edges and embossed the words 'light moving softness'
Jazz Money, detail from ‘dissolve your edges’, 2022, blind deboss on hand-torn BFK Rives White 250gsm paper, 7 parts, each sheet: 29.7 x 42cm, each frame: 50.5 x 37.5 x 3.8cm, edition 8 + 2AP, image courtesy of the artist and The Commercial Gallery.
A red led-light circle hanging over a mirror in a dark corner reflecting the red light in all directions
Kinly Grey, ‘death’, 2021, neon, parabolic dish, water, dimensions variable, image courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Charlie Hillhouse.
A mirror reflecting the image of a red triagle with a black line through the centre, next to a bright red lit rectange and a hanging 3D black pyramid in front of it.
Taree Mackenzie, ‘Pepper’s ghost, triangles, cyan and red’, 2018, installation view, Neon Parc, 2018, image courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Christo Crocker.

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