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InLight Richmond
On Friday, November 2, 2012, 1708 Gallery's 5th annual InLight Richmond illuminated the facades, storefront windows, parking lots and alleyways of Richmond's downtown Arts & Culture District with light-based art, performances and the Community Lantern Parade. Thousands from the greater Richmond community attended the free, one-night event to experience and participate in engaging and dynamic artworks by national artists installed outside the gallery walls. The evening was a huge success and we thank everyone that attended! Special thanks go out to the participating artists, our generous sponsors and the numerous volunteers without whom InLight Richmond would not be possible. 1708 Gallery is pleased to announce the awards from InLight Richmond 2012. Juror, Melissa Ho, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, selected Virginia artist Devon Johnson's Noms de Pays for the Best in Show Award. Johnson's digitally converted 8mm film evokes feelings of time and loss and the fleetingness of memory. Installed in a courtyard in downtown Richmond, Virginia, the intimacy of the space and a sense of history in the architecture extended this sense of nostalgia.
Ho also selected New York artist Jason Peters' installation Meandering Dynamics, constructed with found buckets, LED lights and cable, for the Best in Green Award.
InLight Richmond 2012 attendees were invited to vote for their favorite work of art by texting. The People's Choice Award was given to Richmond, Virginia's own Nelly Kate and Dave Watkins' for their interactive audio visual installation and performance, Interstitial Transduction.
InLight Richmond was created in 2008 as a way to give something to the community on the occasion of 1708 Gallery's 30th birthday. Thus was born the idea of a one-night, public art exhibition that would offer our community a chance to engage with contemporary art outside the gallery walls. From its conception, InLight Richmond was intended to move sites from one year to the next as a way to highlight unique parts of the city and reach out to different audiences. ABOUT THE 2012 SITE1708 Gallery was one of the first organizations to reinvest in this downtown neighborhood, moving to Broad Street in 2001. This former retail center of the South is located in Monroe Ward, bordered to the north by historic Jackson Ward (once known as the "Harlem of the South"), to the east by the Convention Center and city and state government buildings, and to the west by Virginia Commonwealth University. Now host to numerous galleries, studios, businesses and restaurants, and the future home of Virginia Commonwealth University's Institute of Contemporary Art (http://ica.vcu.edu), the Broad Street corridor has experienced a rebirth. Yet it still retains an urban vitality as thrift stores, record shops and boutiques share the sidewalk with vacant sites and historic properties and graffiti tags vie with murals. The neighborhood is now host to a monthly gallery night that draws thousands of visitors, from VCU art students and faculty to the wider Richmond community. 1708 Gallery has invited artists working in all media and disciplines, including performance, to submit proposals for InLight Richmond 2012. Proposals involve, are inspired by, investigate, or interpret themes of light, from light as medium to light as concept. Potential sites for installations and performances will include sidewalks, streets, medians, exterior walls, alleys, parking areas, storefronts, and vacant interiors. Click here to learn about past InLight Richmond exhibitions.
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