FOST Gallery is delighted to present ‘A Glimpse of Radiance from Under’, Lavender Chang’s inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery.
Chang had developed these images over the past three years, based on the parameters she had set to embark on a journey – a walk to nowhere, or a bus ride to an unknown destination – and had taken pictures without purposefully framing them. The result is a series of everyday scenes that appear as otherworldly landscapes, created through long exposure settings that capture light and motion invisible to the eye. This approach follows the recurring themes in her practice that seek to reveal the imperceptible qualities of time, and its transience.
Seen in the exhibition is her new series of works ‘Don’t Walk In Front of Me, I May Not Follow’ (2021), which were created by mounting a moving medium format camera at the approximate height of seven inches above ground. Together with a selection of an earlier series, ‘Floating Rays of a Wanderer’ (2019), the exhibition invites viewers to encounter time as an abstract and organic entity, as well as witness a transformation of the everyday; a glimpse of radiance from under.
This exhibition is curated by Michelle Ho, Director of ADM Gallery, School of Art, Design and Media School, Nanyang Technological University Singapore.