The Sound of Light

The works chosen in the exhibition were curated together for the aesthetics and gestures that lie beyond the retinal pleasure of the surface image. The exhibition title does not explore works using the medium of light, but instead refers to Steve Vai’s, electric guitarists’ iconic album “The History of Light”.  The exhibition highlights works that were created after and under the influence of music and text by the artists Xue Mu, L’Atlas Jules Dedet, Tanc Vao and Guram Tshibakhashvili. The Sound of Light suggests wave matter that transcends beyond optical.  The artists here have channelled sound waves and the influence of music and trance to mark-make (Mu), spray visual noise or static onto surface (Vao), create performances that contain themselves posthumously onto canvas (L’Atlas), and chance images given a driving text or narrative (Tshibkashivili).