Eternal Now
Hannah West and Jessica Joyce
January 10-20, 2024

Satellite Project Space
121 Dundas St, London, ON
Wednesday-Friday 2-7pm, Saturday 12-5pm

Closing Reception: January 20, 3-5pm

“Thought and experience are not the only things that sanction human values. The values that belong to daydreaming mark humanity in its depths. Daydreaming even has a privilege of autovalorization. It derives direct pleasure from its own being. Therefore, the places in which we have experienced daydreaming reconstitute themselves in a new daydream, and it is because our memories of former dwelling-places are relived as daydreams that these dwelling-places of the past remain in us for all time.”
 
– The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard, 1958
 
“I love painting because in its immutable stillness it seems to exist outside time in a way no other art can. […] A painting creates an illusion of an eternal present, a place where my eyes can rest as if the clock has magically stopped ticking.”
 
– Mysteries of the Rectangle: Essays on Painting, Siri Hustvedt, 2005
 
Eternal Now showcases new paintings and drawings by Hannah West and Jessica Irene Joyce, both current candidates of Western University’s Master of Fine Arts degree in the Visual Arts department.
 
As a multimedia artist, Hannah West (she/her) emphasizes objects and transitional moments in liminal spaces during the day-to-day by accentuating colour, reflection, and lighting. Through her work she evokes feelings of comfort by distilling these fleeting moments and inspiring the viewer to reflect.
 
Jessica Irene Joyce’s (she/her) paintings suggest a gentle path of curiosity between ecological grief and care. Earnest, colourful, grounded in a strong drawing foundation, her studio practice blends her perception of the outer world with the magic of her inner world.