An overview of the exhibition "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery from September 6 to November 20, 2022.

Video by commissioned by Maitland Regional Art Gallery and produced by Newy Digital.
Music: "Brightening" by Chad Crouch [Hush Records]

'Biophilia' image styles and sequences composition and speed tests

This video is part of a body of work that is based on an ongoing interest in the rhythm and visual poetry of natural light. The seamlessly looping imagery used points to an idea of ‘deep time’, and whilst celebrating the beauty that can be found in a heightened awareness of the present moment, it...

Abstraction of calm dusk imagery followed by extreme weather depicted in slow motion, repeated in an unending loop

Numerous simultaneous drawings combine to build a chiaroscuro image of foliage and flowers. Visible are gestural lines of light, outlining and highlighting objects otherwise embedded in darkness. The constantly moving cursors reminiscent of the molecular energy found in all things.

An animation of the seasonal changes in the growth of a wisteria. A synchronised 3 channel video featured in the exhibition "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery

This work invites us to contemplate diurnal and geological time as we observe a time-lapse triptych of a snow-capped mountain. This trailer shows sample footage from the central video of a 4K triptych featured in the exhibition "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" held at Maitland Regional ...

The acacia pravissima video witnesses the construction and spontaneous decisions made in a particular example of a drawing process. Using a digital stylus and screen recording software, numerous simultaneous gestural lines of light combine to build an image of a stem of wattle. The bold colours u...

An abstraction of sunlight projected through stained glass

This video is part of a body of work that is based on an ongoing interest in the rhythm and visual poetry of natural light. It explores the relationship between planetary cycles and architectural spaces and elements that acknowledge these repetitions. 

Time-lapse photography techniques amplify t...

This video is the central imagery of a triptych titled ‘Lumen Ad Revel’. It is part of a body of work that is based on an ongoing interest in the rhythm and visual poetry of natural light. It explores the relationship between architectural spaces and cultural symbolism.

The seamlessly looping im...

This video is the final segment of a triptych titled ‘Lumen Ad Revel’. It is part of a body of work that is based on an ongoing interest in the rhythm and visual poetry of natural light. It explores the relationship between architectural spaces and cultural symbolism.

The seamlessly looping imag...

An immersive observation of the narrow and fragile collection of sculptured water vapour that sits above, and is affected by, our daily activities.

The wall-mounted solar pendulum videos shown here were placed opposite a mural of 364 digital prints representing a year of daily activities. We see coloured cubes being swept by a moving shadow, highlighting the rotation of the earth and its transit around the sun. A viewer is invited to reflect...

Installation preview of "Luminous still life"- a 2 channel digital animation (projection, 9.7m x 3.5m) + other works from the "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" exhibition held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Music: "Brightening" by Chad Crouch [Hush Records]

An overview of the spaces and artworks layout of the "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" exhibition held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
Music: "Brightening" by Chad Crouch [Hush Records]

Limited edition digital print:
Title: Luminous still life 1-8251
Artist: Kris Smith
Medium: Lucia Pro pigment ink digital drawing on 310gsm 100% cotton archival paper.
Size: 74 x 52 cm
Exhibition: "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" exhibition held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery

Limited edition digital print:
Title: Luminous still life 2-8299
Artist: Kris Smith
Medium: Lucia Pro pigment ink digital drawing on 310gsm 100% cotton archival paper.
Size: 74 x 52 cm
Exhibition: "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" exhibition held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery

This video is a part of Kaldor Public Art Project 36: do it (australia), which was presented online from the 13th May until the 30th June 2020 via doit.kaldorartprojects.org.au/ and the Kaldor Public Art Projects Instagram @kaldorpublicart. It was created in response to Glenn Murcutt’s instructio...

A time lapse video of a section of an installation at Hunter Region Botanic Gardens. This work was created for an exhibition called "Response" and was a partnership between the University Gallery at the University of Newcastle and the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.

A diptych consisting of a framed digital animation still placed beside an equivalently framed monitor displaying a stylized time-lapse animation of changing light falling on translucent objects.

The title at the base of the animation image changes to reflect the frame number of the animation. A ...

Water over rocks - with drawn textures. Preliminary testing of 'Biophilia' image styles and sequences

Preliminary testing of 'Biophilia' image styles and sequences

"Luminous still life" - detail of 2 channel WUXGA digital animation (projection, 9.7m x 3.5m) Duration: 8 min 20 sec (loop).

This work is from the exhibition "LUMINOSITY: Inscription of time by light" held at Maitland Regional Art Gallery

The detail shown includes the original grid lines and is...