May 1st to May 31st, 2026

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Sunday, 11AM-4PM

Closing Reception: Friday, May 29th 2026 | 6-9PM (includes an Artist Talk with Jenn E Norton at 7PM)

StandingWave is a multichannel installation that draws upon natural phenomena, such as cloud formations, paired with pareidolia and surrealist imagery to explore emotional and mental states of being. The title derives from the phenomenon of clouds forming above mountains, known as standing wave clouds or lenticular clouds, which indicate that rain is imminent. Observers often mistake these clouds for UFOs because of their smooth, saucer-like shapes. A standing wave is a vibrational pattern that occurs when two waves oscillate at the same frequency and amplitude but move in opposite directions, interfering with one another. At certain points, the amplitude is zero; at others, it reaches its maximum. Norton employs this occurrence as a metaphor in a long-form animation in which clouds transform and morph through representations of places, people, animals, and objects, as a rolling thought process of hypnagogic visions.

Jenn E Norton is an artist who uses time-based media to create immersive, experiential installations featuring stereoscopic, interactive video, animation, augmented reality, geolocative sound, and kinetic sculpture. Often using video as a starting point in her process, her imaginative compositions employ a combination of pre-cinema and contemporary display technologies while exploring the blurring boundaries between the virtual and the physical realms. Norton’s recent animations and augmented reality apps draw on her interest in how information is exchanged among humans, technology, and plants. Current research areas within Norton’s practice explore the use of metaphor in physics as a conceptual genesis, a communicative device, a poetic practice, and a demonstrative application of technological and natural phenomena. Norton has shown her work nationally and internationally, with recent exhibitions at Nuit Blanche (2022, Toronto), Platforms (Athens), and the Art and Media Lab (Kingston). She holds a Ph.D. in Visual Arts from York University and is an Assistant Professor in Film + Media at Queen’s University.

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