Experiments in Alchemy
The Halide Project
September 6 - October 20, 2024
Gül Cevikoglu, Bridget Conn, Lexy Xiao
Photography is the offspring of physics and chemistry. And although its origins are firmly grounded in science, the medium has been utilized since its inception as a form of artistic expression. This balance between science and art has both defined and dogged photography throughout its existence with artists alternately embracing or eschewing its literal nature and its entre into the upper echelons of the fine art world having long been challenged. The artists in Experiments in Alchemy explore this symbiotic relationship between the scientific and the artistic within the medium of analog photography with a focus on its material aspects and an experimental approach that leaves space for serendipity, gracefully melding the tangible and the magical.
