Winnipeg will get a little bit brighter this winter as Lights on the Exchange returns with 24 new light-based art works. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Winnipeg will get a little bit brighter this winter as Lights on the Exchange returns with 24 new light-based art works. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Winnipeg will get a little bit brighter this winter as Lights on the Exchange returns with 24 new light-based art works.
Comprising three projections, nine window installations and 12 lanterns, the works will be on display from now until March 21. The three projections — by Lydia Yakonowsky, Scott Leroux’s and by Aderemilekun (Oluuji) Olusoga, and window installation , by PJ Anderson — were unveiled earlier this week. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS Lucent, local artist PJ Anderson’s installation as part of Lights on the Exchange, emulates jellyfish.
Winnipeg-based Anderson, a ceramic artist, was approached in October last year by festival curator Artspace to create a piece for the festival. is inspired by the “venomous and surreal journey” of the lion’s mane and the moon jellyfish, both of which are commonly found in Canadian waters, she says. The piece is a departure from Anderson’s usual form; her works reference science fiction and Afro-Futurist themes, traditional ceramics from the Americas and Africa, and varied weaving techniques from across the globe.
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