Glimmer Group show at AIRSPACE Gallery Marrickville, co-curated with Hayley Zena

Glimmer interrogates the passage of light which creeps along the Blue Mountains, dissolving the threshold of day into night. This ceaseless, humbling sublimity has greatly impacted the group of artists; Amber Hearn, Hayley Zena, Nastia Gladushchenko, Shannon Smith and Ruby Rain.

Taking a woman’s perspective, the question arises: “What do we do at this time and how does it impact our perception of self?” From putting kids into bed to observing wildlife, going for a bushwalk to making dinner, we watch the light move through our lives echoing the march of time.

Here the artists explore change, identity and the everyday. Intending to create connections between women in the city and the mountains, these artists create work which transcends place, time, and language.

These works explore the strange and beautiful contradictions of everyday life at day’s end. Outside, dusk settles in: cliffs along the escarpment catch the last sparks of sunlight, birdsong softens, and the world feels hushed, luminous, almost suspended in time.

Inside, the scene is anything but still. Pots clatter, dinner is cooked and shared, messes appear, and bath time with my daughter brims with laughter, splashes, and bursts of wild energy. It is chaotic, tender, and overflowing with joy.

I’m fascinated by this duality—the hush of the natural world against the exuberant noise of family life. Put together, these pieces are like a little pause button, nudging us to stop for a moment and notice the magic hiding in both the calm and the chaos.

Opening night photographs by Damien Milan

Install photographs by Silversalt Photography