Lisa Stonham
Everyday Wonder
October 4th – 26th, 2024
Lisa Stonham is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice is driven by photography, leading to the creation of two- and three-dimensional works that explore space, light, and time. Her work extends the boundaries of photography into physical space through experimentation with surface, volume, light and reflection. Working across photography, sculpture, video, and installation, she seeks to invite the slippages and erase the distinctions between mediums, shifting the focus from a singular or series of works into a more relational realm. Underpinning these visual investigations is an interest in phenomenology and how the act of seeing involves the body in perceptual and psychological terms. Situated within the realm of the present-moment experience of sensory phenomena, she investigates the variability of perception and the physiological and interactive dynamics of the viewer. The deployment of transparent and reflective materials seeks to draw the “viewer” into the uncertain depths of the translucent photo objects. The reflective acrylic surfaces possess their own presence and the unique ability to constantly and unambiguously duplicate the present moment, operating in real-time now. Through layered framing and the consideration of both planar and volumetric space, Stonham’s work resists a single, stable viewpoint. This generation of both physical and perceptual effects invites us to rethink our realities; questioning how we see ourselves in physical, architectural and internal, psychological spaces. Image: Metacognition … Watching Yourself Watching 2024 Mixed Archival Photographic Media, Acrylic, Nylon Wire and Metal 72 x 72 x 14 cm edition 3 + 1 AP
