Diamonds + Thunderbolts
showcases the work of three Toronto-based animation artists—Peter Rahl, Stacie Ant, and Brianna Lowe—in a dynamic exhibition produced by the Toronto Animated Image Society in collaboration with Trinity Square Video and curated by Katie Kolter. Framed as a contemporary reimagining of the “Light and Sound Movement” of the 1960s, the exhibition examines how its experimental ethos resonates within the rapidly evolving, interdisciplinary world of digital animated art today.
My contribution to the exhibition, Splitting Image, is an interactive installation that explores a speculative parallel world, where human perception of the natural environment is fractured and reshaped through technological mediation. The work foregrounds the paradox of humanity’s increasingly sensorial yet distanced relationship with nature—a relationship filtered through screens, simulations, and algorithmic processes.
Rooted in questions of perception and presence, Splitting Image reflects on how landscapes are no longer solely encountered in physical space, but reconstructed through digital tools that alter the boundaries of comprehension. As advances in technology continue to expand and complicate the ways we engage with the world, the piece probes how mediated environments may ultimately redefine our understanding of what is "natural."
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