Photographer and skater Lia Halloran has a show of 10 photographs being featured at the DCKT Contemporary gallery in New York City. According to Time Out New York she was “featured in Thrasher Magazine at age 16, and went on to get an M.F.A. from Uale University’s department of paint and printmaking.”
The ten photographs on view were taken at night in various Los Angeles locations ranging from spaces appropriated by skateboarders, such as the Los Angeles River, to skate parks and backyard ramps. . . . The works blur the boundaries of photography and become self-portraits and drawings as well as records of performances. Light is used to form the drawing line while HALLORAN skateboards at night through different venues. The resulting images are each a trajectory of the artist’s movements over time. The photographs pair urban environments with lines of light which behave as physical objects or break apart into flurries of abstraction.
Yep, that’s a pretty fancy way of saying “strap a light to your head and roll around while your camera sits on a tripod with the shutter open,” but it still looks pretty nice to us. The show closes on September 13, 2008 so you only have ten more days to check it out.
[Link: DCKT Contemporary via Time Out NY]
