Current Collaborator: Shelby Drabman
June + July 2025

Night Vision, curated by Shelby Drabman and Nick Barner
July 18 to July 25, 2025
Opening reception: July 18 at 5 to 8 pm
Closing party: July 25 at 8pm to midnight
Gallery hours July 19-24, 12PM - 6PM

“the excess of darkness
is the flash of a star”

~ Georges Bataille, L’Archangélique

Nocturnal sight – an ability possessed by animals, technology, and monsters – has shown us games of predator and prey, stories of scandal and surveillance, and the tactical evils of war. But as artists, we understand that darkness offers more than opportunities for the powerful to strike in secret.

To identify truth in especially deceptive times, thinkers from Hegel to Maurice Blanchot to Aristotle have called for humanity to look past the light of day, adopt “the eyes of bats,” and learn to see in the dark.

With Night Vision, an upcoming, weeklong show at Light Manufacturing, we asked thirteen artists to practice just this strategy for interpreting a world that presents itself as increasingly uninterpretable.

Yasmin Mazloom @yasminmazloom
Corey Riddell @coreyriddell
Margaret Kristensen @warmbutterfingers
Shelby Drabman @putitinthepizza
Naomi Moser @holyfaarts
Sammy Selin @sammyselin
Ethan Stuart @ethanjohnstuart
Tom Ryan @tomryanart
Virgina Lopez-Anido @plasterboob
Nick Barner @thelatecorntoastie
Madeline Ludwig-Leone @mludwigleone
Kelly McConnell @kellyartlifeshehersir
Anders Lindseth @anders_lindseth 

+ Studio is a 32’ x 48’ clear space with 15 foot high ceilings
+ One garage door is operational, one is fixed
+ Plywood backed walls
+ Lighting grid
+ DJ/Lighting booth
+ Concrete floors
+ Private bathroom
+ Private entrance
+ Parking
+ Wifi

Collaborators:
Summer 2025: Shelby Drabman
Spring 2025: The Circular with Nick Schroeder
Winter 2025: Kindling Fund info session with Space Gallery
Fall 2024: Open Studio with Aaron T Stephan and Portland Museum of Art
Summer 2024: Portland Theater Festival production of Dry Land