Limbo is defined as a period of uncertainty awaiting a resolution. Additionally, the limbo dance is one that requires the dancer to go from up-right postures to lower, uncomfortable positions. Once the dancer overcomes the lowest position, they are able to rise again. This term was chosen to represent our show for both its surreal and playful connotations. The work on display in LIMBO is a powerful reflection of the highs and lows of the past few months.

The artists featured in this show have faced a state of limbo since mid-March 2020 — beginning with the realization that all projects would be greatly affected by social distancing and limited resources. Each person featured in LIMBO had to reflect on their expectations for the work they wanted to create. Photographic practices moved into homes: living, dining, and sleeping spaces became studios and darkrooms. As a result, this group of individuals began to reinvestigate the way they were making photographs, innovating and experimenting with any and all resources at their disposal.

Each project in LIMBO features a different approach to the challenges and limitations created by the sudden change. With a diverse combination of work and aesthetics, the show seeks to explore a variety of subjects: the role of distance in communal spaces and relationships; proximity and isolation; waste, creation, the relationship between objects and identity; environmentalism, life, and disease. Each of these narratives is connected by their reflection of the time spent in a state of limbo.

Like a dancer in the traditional limbo dance, everyone came together in support of each other to make this exhibition possible in an online environment - to rise again and emerge from a state of uncertainty into a celebration of their journey. We are excited to present you with this diverse, yet cohesive collection. 

ISO 180

ISO is a measurement of a film’s sensitivity to light and determines the amount of grain in an image. A low ISO of 180 allows one to photograph on bright, sunny days. As we graduate in the year of the pandemic, we are preparing for that 180 turn around to brighter days ahead.