and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt

studios.gallery is pleased to present and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt, a collaborative exhibition featuring current resident artist Benjamin Rosenthal. Exhibit on view from 08.04.18 to 08.24.18 with an opening reception Saturday, 08.04.18 from 5:00 – 9:00 PM.

and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt brings together for the first time a body of work comprised of the 3D animation Impenetrable as Night​, and related series of drawn/painted works in the space of a solo exhibition. A project begun in 2015 during the Fjúk Arts Centre residency in Husavík, Iceland, the work looks towards the landscape of this relatively remote, northern region of as virtual site for some sort of demented tactical and techno-spiritual training camp. Mountain-like structures in the fjord reveal themselves to be hybrids of bunker and landscape, and potent metaphors for “closet”. Animated figures perform actions that queer the line between worship, ritual violence and the homoerotic. The iconic icelandic “hot tubs” become sites for some sort of sinister training activity or sensually charged violent ritual. The virtuality of the space is revealed consciously via the inclusion (and revelation) of the 3D wireframe, the use of real-time rendering of individual frames screen-recorded from Maya, and puncturing and layering of spaces that don’t conform to conventions of believable 3D space.

studios.gallery is the one-stop shop for KC’s greatest artists. The gallery hosts a large and varied collection of work donated by artists from our Residency Program. studios.gallery is an exhibition space and art lending program included in the Studios Inc non-profit organization.