1708 Gallery has announced its call for proposals for the 16th lnlight, an annual exhibition of contemporary art that takes place at night and is in a different location each year in Richmond, Va. This year’s Inlight takes place on Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4 along West Broad Street in the downtown arts district.
For this year’s exhibition, 1708 “invites regional, national, and international artists working in all media and disciplines to submit entries that engage with and respond to Reflection and Refraction.” InLight 2023 is curated by Dr. Tiffany E. Barber and Ra-Twoine Fields.
For more information, visit 1708gallery.org or contact Unicia Buster, programs manager at 804.643.1708 or ubuster@1708gallery.org.
Here’s more from a recent press release about what they’re looking for:
In recent years, lnlight has pushed the boundaries of its original form – a light-based media festival – to meaningfully engage notions of place and new modes of creativity and presentation in contemporary art. Reflection and Refraction honors lnlight’s 15-year history and its present and future as a contemporary art exhibition of site-specific, multimedia works in the public sphere. Just as lnlight’s form has changed and dispersed – refracted – so have the blocks surrounding 1708 Gallery.
Reflection and Refraction brings lnlight home to 1708 Gallery and the surrounding businesses to highlight how art continues to activate and animate one of Richmond’s main arteries and thriving areas – downtown Broad Street.
Artists are invited to propose projects that engage with and expand upon the histories and activities that comprise lnlight, as well as Broad Street’s current uses. These include the industrial, economic, and racial histories of downtown Richmond and their legacies; public transit and mobility; regional and commercial architectures and their many styles; the role of public art in the upper South; and the significance of Broad Street’s surrounding communities.
The curatorial team for InLight 2023 is especially interested in proposals that address ideas around place making and play as well gathering and dwelling. The team is likewise interested in future-thinking projects that reimagine Broad Street’s locality and its potential beyond the past and present.
If you’re unfamiliar, lnlight “features multimedia, sculpture, installation, performance, community-based works, and virtual projects that utilize light-based platforms (projections, lighting design, and more) to be experienced in the dark. Past sites have included Bryan Park, Chimborazo Park, Scott’s Addition, and the sculpture garden and grounds of the VMFA.”
For more, visit the event website.