Heather Lyon's work is a visual and movement-based inquiry into the miraculous. "The Weight of Water '' is a durational performance, an interaction between her body and 75 pounds of dark blue sand. The weight of the sand corresponds to the weight of the water content of Lyon's body and is a manifestation of the unknowable, the void. Lyon invites us to become empathetic witnesses to her contemplative movement of and with the sand. The slippage of sand vibrates and expands into the void and from that emerges pattern and form. This work is in resonance with her recent paintings of whirlpools, a response to the pull of the sublime.
October 1st 2021, 6:30pm
The Performance is Full, A video will be available online soon. Thank you
