NIRVANA SANTOS-KUILAN

Sympathetic Lightning 

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Curated by Sarah Davidson and Nirvana Santos-Kuilan

Sympathetic Lightning features work by 9 artists who variously expand understandings of ‘nature’ through themes of haunting, dislocation, and non-linear time. The term ‘sympathetic lightning’ refers to the tendency of lightning to be closely coordinated across long distances, appearing in clusters when viewed from space. Underlining solidarities both within the works and between the artists themselves, this exhibition highlights queer and trans perspectives in a political moment where mobility is especially fraught. Brought together by artist Sarah Davidson and curator Nirvana Santos-Kuilan, the exhibition includes the work of New York based artists Jacq Groves, Diana Sofia Lozano, Saar Shemesh, Erin Johnson, and Sarah Davidson, alongside international peers Laur P (Montréal, Canada), Jay Pahre (Vancouver, Canada), and mosquito girlfriend (Gabi Dao and Lou Lou Sainsbury, both Rotterdam, NL).