Lia Kent Mackillop Floating into the Night

Floating into the Night, Lia Kent Mackillop’s installation for Art in the Dark, will use light and time to create and exhibit her photographic images. Lia will use long exposure times when imaging her chosen landscapes, creating strange
compositions that the human eye cannot otherwise perceive. These magical images will be lifted out of the imaginary when they are mechanically captured by the camera and exhibited, glowing within the darkness of Western Park.

Lia Kent Mackillop

Lia Kent Mackillop is a photographer and sculptor who recently completed a BFA (Hons) at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland. Lia has exhibited at Campus a Low Hum, Plaything Gallery, projectspace B431 and the Iron Bank, in Auckland. Inspired by her travel throughout the United States, United Kingdom and Aotearoa/New Zealand, Lia focuses on travel and space in her work. Her photographic works, in colour and using analogue processes, are large-scale landscapes produced in medium format film.Lia is presently exploring themes of nature and culture observed at night-time, using long exposure times. She is also passionate about her sculptural experience, and has created animal forms using various media as well as taxidermy.