Noor Riyadh,
REFRACTED IDENTITIES, SHARED FUTURES
November 30th 2023 - March 2nd, 2024
Jax District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Curated by Neville Wakefield
For the 2023 installment of Noor Riyadh, the largest light festival in the world, Turczan was asked by curator Neville Wakefield to install Wavespace.
“In the ever-evolving tapestry of human expression and exploration, art has often acted as a luminous guide. Throughout our many histories, it has not only brought individuals together but also bridged the various disciplines that shape and sometimes separate our existence. In this regard, artists have become our thought-leaders. As intersectional thinkers, they are uniquely poised to draw upon the wisdom expressed by science, technology, religion, and culture to forge new perspectives within this ever-changing constellation of ideas. ‘Refracted Identities, Shared Futures’, the third edition of the Noor Riyadh builds upon this premise. Through the work of thirty artists hailing from diverse corners of the globe it proposes a journey into a multidimensional world of light. Unique backgrounds also bring together a diversity of approaches. Here we find works that explore ideas that range from mythology to Astrophysics, from meditations on light as soundwaves to ideas of swarm intelligence thereby creating complex interactive webs that transcend traditional boundaries of space, time and spirituality that encase ideas of existence and art.”
—Neville Wakefield