Breathing into the canyon

friends and family,
i am very excited and honored to invite you to my first solo show EVER at Fort Gondo on 3151 Cherokee street. September 18 · 6:00pm - 10:00pm


as a part of my summer research project this summer, Breathing into the canyon is a compilation of photographic, video, sound, and installative work that draws attention back to the obvious: the basic human experience of inhabiting a body, fulfilling a space, and the forgettable sensation of simply... existing.



"The practice of acupuncture is part of a 5,000-year-old medical practice. Through inserting needles in select points in the body, it promotes a sense of consciousness; the experience of it is therapeutic and relaxing, but also invigorating and clarifying.

My work has to do with physical and mental consciousness. Even in the dark, barely illuminated by bars of hazy light, the body and mind still maintain awareness. The body breathes into itself, and simultaneously, out into the world as well, like a semi-permeable membrane that is both open and closed, ever expanding, ever contracting. The body becomes a landscape of undulating curves, deep cavities and swelling muscles. The illuminated acupuncture needles mark the form and create pathways across a mysterious territory.

Breathing into the canyon is an exploration of space, form, and light. It obscures the resistance between the external and the internal, humans and nature, the body and the cosmos."




refreshments will be provided!


**IMPORTANT
if you are unable to make it to the opening, the show will be available till the end of the month, but will be by appointment only