InLight 2021

1708 Gallery’s 14th annual InLight took place November 12-13, 2021 at Great Shiplock Park, Chapel Island, and nearby sites along the Virginia Capital Trail and Low Line in Richmond. This outdoor, two-night exhibition featured artwork that embraces light and sound through sculpture, installation, and performance. Great Shiplock Park is located at a former shiplock constructed as part of the James River and Kanawha Canal system. Projects engaged with and expanded upon the multiple themes and histories that can be found at these sites such as: trade and labor of then-enslaved peoples of African and Indigenous descent during and following the industrial revolution; the environmental impact—especially concerning water resources—of commerce and infrastructure; and the cultivation of spaces for alternative forms of historical preservation.

InLight 2021 was co-curated by Tiffany E. Barber, Wesley Taylor, and Park C. Myers.

2021 Artists

Adama Delphine Fawundu
Antoine Williams
Ash Arder
Benjamin Kidder Hodges
Eric Millikin
Free Bangura
Isabella Whitfield
Mary Stuart Hall
Rachele Riley + Matt Hedt
Rashaun Rucker
Senghor Reid x Hope Ginsburg + Nitika Achalam