Exhibition
16:9 billboard: I Close My Eyes to Change the Weather by Sophie Lourdes Knight
8 Mar 2024 – 30 Mar 2024
Regular hours
- Friday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 12:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Address
- 110-116 Kingsgate Road
- London
- NW6 2JG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Kilburn/West Hampstead
16:9 is a billboard attached to the yard-side of Kingsgate Workshops. It's visible from the street and from Kilburn Grange Park. Kingsgate Project Space commissions new works from emerging and established artists specially for this site.
About
Sophie Lourdes Knight is a multidisciplinary artist from California, USA. She studied at California College of the Arts, graduating with a BFA in 2014, and at the Slade School of Fine Art, graduating with an MFA in 2022.
The title of the billboard, “I Close My Eyes to Change the Weather,” comes from Nisha Ramayya’s poem “We Are Seen by the World / What Must Be Seen.” Like the string connecting a kite to its flyer, the poem explores themes of connection, belonging, and the bonds that tie individuals to their heritage and community. Starting with her painting titled “90”, Knight invert its imagery, transforming it into an invitation for action: “do”. Suspended high in the sky like a kite’s loose ribbon, the painting now floats in free fall, waiting for someone to act. The action of “do” is akin to pulling the ribbon tight, lifting the kite towards the skies.
