Light Grey Art Lab’s upcoming exhibition World Roulette, brings together artists from around the globe to create unique, fantastical, sublime, and original worlds. Join us in a celebration of the exhibition and collaborative book, starting Aug 28th-Sept 28th, 2020. All works will be available through our online shop. Curbside pickup is available for local patrons! Please see the health and safety section below!
Imagination is a beautiful thing, so let’s imagine infinite worlds together. We’ve all seen shows where someone gets a hold of a time machine, stumbles into a portal, or steps into an alternate reality generator, and the main character is tossed into space, unlike anything they’re used to. Rick and Morty, yes. Bill and Ted, exactly. Futurama. .Star Trek. . . what would it look like if the fabric of our world was tossed into a bag and randomly assigned -- would we survive, thrive, find a new way of life?
We built a time machine -- a worldbuilding randomizer that includes four essential design categories: Ecosystem, Resources, Important Attitudes or Attributes of the People, and Imagined Time Period (Age of Darkness, the Blight, The Long Sleep, etc.) Each artist used the randomizer to create a fictional world inspired by their four prompts and got to work creating -- designing a new landscape, a totally different planet, a different outcome, changes to our resources, species, animals, etc. We are so proud to put these illustrations together to talk about the process of worldbuilding, but beyond that, all of the beautiful and complex ‘ways of life’ that we can imagine.
Opening Reception Weekend:
The exhibition will be on display through September 28th, 2020, and visible on the virtual gallery on the website and online shop (shop.lightgreyartlab.com). The reception will include black and white originals or framed prints from each of the artists. The event is free and open to the public. Click here to see the facebook event.
NEW GALLERY HOURS: Light Grey Art Lab is open Wednesday- Friday 4-8pm, Saturday 12-7pm, Sunday 12-5pm.
SAFETY: Guests will be required to wear masks for the duration of their visit, limited capacity in the space, no food provided, restrooms are temporarily closed to the public. Light Grey Art Lab will continue to clean and keep the space as safe as possible. All works, originals, and prints will also be available through the Light Grey Shop.
WORLD ROULETTE BOOK -- KICKSTARTER COMING SOON:
Accompanying the project, Light Grey Art Lab is designing and publishing a 220 page, limited edition artist book featuring all 150+ artist black & white illustrations, written narratives, written content and discussions by worldbuilding professionals, and additional narratives by Light Grey Art Lab. The book will be created and available through Kickstarter starting mid-August.
Artists Include: Adam S. Doyle, Alaina Cooper, Alex Conkins, Alex Mitchell, Alex Vanderplank, Alyssa Van Hulle, Amanda Brady, Amanda Lo, Ami Cai, Amita Sevellaraja, Andrea Pereira, Angela Hsieh, Angela Rizza, Angela Taguiang, Anna Christiano, Anne Yeoh, AnneMarie Rogers, Annemieke van Barlingen, Anyu Rouaux, Ard Su, Ariana Bläuer, Ashley Caswell, Ashley Mackenzie, Ashley Nicole DeLeon, Ashley Stoddard, Austin Reinkens, Autumn Brown, White Bones, Benjamin Mills, Beth Sparks, Bevan Breaux, Bianca Bautista, Billy Budgen, Bonnie Branson, Brock Brown, Asa Ora, Carmen Chow, Carson Brown, Casey Hunt, Cassandra Mazur, Cecilia Palacios, Celine Choo, Chamisa Kellogg, Charis Loke, Chelsea Harper, Chelsey Schmitz, Chi Ngo, Chloe Chan, Christina Sisti, Cindy De la Cruz, Clara Dart, Cleonique Hilsaca, Cornelia Li, Courtney Godbey, Cynthia Yuan Cheng, Dana Kingery, Darla Okada, Dorri Johnston, Drew Montgomery, Ellen Schofield, Emily Abeydeera, Emily Altman, Emily Walus, Eray Gakci, Fanny Berthiaume, Fran Alvarez, Frankie Gula, George Outhwaite, Haley Potter, Hannah Sayre, Heather Curfman, Hope Yu, Hunaid Taj, Jameela Walgren, James Firnhaber, Jasmin Dreyer, JB Casacop, Jeff A. Menges, Jenny Wells, Jess Schultz, Jessica Bishop, Joana Neves, Jordan Goshe, Jordan Patrzalek, Joshua Zentner, Julia Woli Scott, Justin DeVine, Justin Yu, Kaija Thorson, Kaitlin Bartlett, Karen Shangguan, Kate Gottfredson, Kate Swazee, Kathleen Jennings, Kathy de Castro, Kayla Egle, Kayla Stark, Kelsey King, Kiki Kita, Kirsten Gould, Kring Demetrio, Kristin Bandy, Kristin Siegel-Leicht, Kyle Harabedian, Lauren Emmons, Lauren Franklin, Leah Giles, Leah Zobott, Lindsay Nohl, Liz Pulido, Lucy Comer, Mary Grace Corpus, Max Dlabick, Megan Rivera, Megan Wyreweden, Michayla Grbich, Miguel Co, Missy Lovegren, Morgan Moen, Natalie Arenzon, Natalie Briscoe, Nico Ecenarro, Rachel Quast, Rebecca Bradley, Rebecca Hu, Saleha Chowdhury, Sam Schechter, Sarah Jaques, Sarah Spencer,Shafer Brown, Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn, Shawn Pedralba, Sheena Holm, Stephanie Cost, Stephanie Webster, Steven Sugar, Sunita Balsara, Tanuja Ramani, Thali Demeter, Tom Wiener, Victoria Skellan, Vincent Boyer, Vivian Wu, Will Kelly, Wisinee Chanwittayapat, Yunroo, Zagawah Soe, Zhanrui Jerry Liu
