Exhibition
The Weight of Light
Fondation Rivière, Lyon · 15 Sep 2022 – 8 Jan 2023 · Curator
The Weight of Light gathers a small group of works around a single, patient idea.
The proposition
Rather than illustrate a theme, the exhibition lets the works hold a question open — about material, attention, and the time an image asks of us.
Curation here is editing in space: what to place beside what, and what to leave out.
Works
Sofia Marchetti
“I slow the image until the eye begins to doubt what it knows.”
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Persistence (still), 2024
Single-channel video · Duration 9:32, ed. 5
Courtesy the artist and Paris Talents.
Sofia Marchetti
“I slow the image until the eye begins to doubt what it knows.”
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Afterimage, 2023
Two-channel video, sound · Duration 6:10, ed. 3
Courtesy the artist and Paris Talents.
Sofia Marchetti
“I slow the image until the eye begins to doubt what it knows.”
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Slow Sun, 2022
Video, light box · 80 × 60 cm, ed. 5
Courtesy the artist and Paris Talents.
Lena Mara
“Paint is time made visible — I keep the surface open until it decides.”
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Active Art, 2023
Oil on linen · 120 × 90 cm
Courtesy the artist and Paris Talents.
Lena Mara
“Paint is time made visible — I keep the surface open until it decides.”
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Slow Field, 2022
Oil on linen · 200 × 160 cm
Courtesy the artist and Paris Talents.
Lena Mara
“Paint is time made visible — I keep the surface open until it decides.”
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Wax & Water, 2024
Oil and wax on panel · 60 × 50 cm
Courtesy the artist and Paris Talents.
Lena Mara
“Paint is time made visible — I keep the surface open until it decides.”
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Field Notes, 2024
Oil on linen · 70 × 60 cm
Courtesy the artist and Paris Talents.
Credits
Curated by Fardokht Gorouhi. Photography courtesy the artists.
Artists
Reading
- Slowness as Method · Essay
- The Economics of Attention · Research
- The Weight of Light · Catalogue