En Motion

WAVE Contemporary

September 7 - 29, 2024

WAVE Contemporary brings you En Motion, a group show featuring WAVE Contemporary members responding to the ‘moving image’  through their own creative practices. In contemporary life, images move through our perceptions and across our screens, shaping culture and forming the basis of our realities. As a species we evolved to be highly attuned to movement through our visual sensory perception. Now our attention to moving image shapes our politics, friend groups, beliefs and perceptions. 

As the power of images has become increasingly pervasive, En Motion asks each artist to respond to the moving image that inhabits our daily lives. In a society captivated by moving image, what does it mean to be an image maker? How has this form of communication become the most streamlined method of absorbing information? En Motion explores the current social supremacy of film, video, and moving image as a driver of culture, while also considering the poetics of motion, light, and space.

Participating Artist:

Reuben Breslar - @reubenbreslar

Diana Marcela Cuartas - @cereza699

Claire Elliott - @claire.elliott.art

Tia Factor - @tiafactor

Marcelo Fontana - @bulb_fiction

Pamela Hadley - @nosleeptillinstall

Viktor Kobylianski - @viktorkobylianski

Chris Lael Larson - @chris_lael_larson

Anthony Michael - @whatnowpress

Nicholas Moler-Gallardo - @moler_gallardo

Hannah Newman - @hnnhnewman

Hector Ornelas - @hectornelasart

Kim Smith Claudel - @kimsmithstudio

Chris Ticas - @ticaschris

Lynn Yarne - @be.nice_studio

About WAVE Contemporary:

A wave occurs when a body of water is disrupted. Small disruptions can grow exponentially outward, affecting powerful change on a large area. WAVE borrows its name from this phenomenon, seeking to enact small, but effective, change on the art community in Portland. WAVE is focused on two self-sustaining efforts: a committed critique group and an exhibition series.

www.wavecontemporary.com

@wavecontemporary