hereafter: mikaela stafford
3 – 20 june 2021

Meeting at the junction between past, present and future, between disciplines, and between ideas, in a time when our digital lives take up most of our reality, Stafford’s work aims to confront and renegotiate our relationship to the real and the strange. Sprinkling the impossible with the familiar demonstrates how odd our realities can be.

As an artist working in a digital realm Stafford is not restricted by the physical limitations of materials or access to space as 3D software provides a conceptually and spatially infinite expansion to her existing installation practice. Consequently, enabling her to experiment with scale, immersion and lighting design which would otherwise be impossible in the physical world.
This merging of tangible and virtual spaces aims to spark joyfulness in a time riddled with uncertainty. With the ongoing political and ecological crises and the anxieties it presents globally, this series invites us into a fantasy space that feels both familiar and alien.

Opening event: Friday 4 June, 6 – 9pm

Image: HereAfter I, 3D digital render, 118.9x84.1cm.