HEL10SProject: Perpetual Departure

Solo Show by Henry Henry Riekena

Perpetual Departure is the title of a gallery show that featured several large-scale photodynamic paintings, and a one-night live painting and music performance. During the live show, I created an eponymous 8' x 12' light-sensitive painting while multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/producer Charles Darius played a 90-minute musical set, followed by another two hours with DJ JK-47. The performance began with flowy, emotive strokes, and progressed through layers of intense geometry and contrasting swirls, before culminating with a blacklight composition based on American Steel's original winged-star logo. The painting was completed in the space with final details over the following week.

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The show was a tribute to the American Steel Studios complex, where Henry has worked since 2010, and whose future is in doubt after being sold for the second time in four years.

November 2021