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.

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

Exhibition photography

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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.

Light Sensitive – online exhibition

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