ELEMENTAL CURRENTS @ BALLROOM MARFA
2025, Multimedia Installation: Video, sound, photography, sculpture. Commissioned by Ballroom Marfa. March 8 - June 7, 2025.
Virginia L. Montgomery's multimedia art presentation in ELEMENTAL CURRENTS is a surreal and immersive exhibition exploring themes of metamorphosis and cosmic awe. The artist's constellation of metaphysical artworks span video art, sound art, sculpture, and photography. Inspired by her time working under the dark skies at the McDonald Observatory as an art-in-residence, VLM's multimedia presentation collages together large-scale, time-lapse, astrophotography imagery in juxtaposition with small-scale, surreal vignettes of live Luna moths, that the artist hand-raised and filmed, emerging from their cocoons into an ethereal dreamworld of blue-hues, delicate textures, and elemental sounds. Virginia L. Montgomery's work in Elemental Currents was commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and created with support from The McDonald Observatory.
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ELEMENTAL CURRENTS PRESS RELEASE
Elemental Currents: March 7 - June 8, 2025. Marfa, TX.
"Ballroom Marfa is proud to present Elemental Currents — Material, Memory, and Myth, a group exhibition featuring the work of Christopher Blay, Laddie John Dill, and Virginia L. Montgomery. Through a diverse range of media—including sand, foam, neon and photography—the exhibition offers immersive expressions of the convergence of human relationships, technology, the landscape, and imagined futures. At the heart of Elemental Currents is the intersection of art and science, engagement with the natural world, and an emphasis on the role of technology and industrial materials within the experience of environmental phenomena." - Ballroom Marfa
VIDEOS in Exhibition, Vimeo Links:
• Stargazer Luna Moth Seeks the Moon, 2025, 7mins.
• Astrophotography Timelapses, 2025, 7 mins.
• Moon Moth Cosmic Twirl, 2025, 7 mins.
• Honey Moon in Blue, 2025, 7 mins.
PRESS
• “Elemental Currents – Material, Memory, and Myth” at Ballroom Marfa by Joseph Staley, Glasstire, 2025.
• Black Holes, Luna Moths, Marfa Lights, and Dreaming: An Interview with Virginia L. Montgomery by Mo Eldridge, Glasstire, 2025.
Special thank you to Ballroom Marfa and the McDonald Observatory.
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2025, Multimedia Installation: Video, sound, photography, sculpture. Commissioned by Ballroom Marfa. March 8 - June 7, 2025.
Virginia L. Montgomery's multimedia art presentation in ELEMENTAL CURRENTS is a surreal and immersive exhibition exploring themes of metamorphosis and cosmic awe. The artist's constellation of metaphysical artworks span video art, sound art, sculpture, and photography. Inspired by her time working under the dark skies at the McDonald Observatory as an art-in-residence, VLM's multimedia presentation collages together large-scale, time-lapse, astrophotography imagery in juxtaposition with small-scale, surreal vignettes of live Luna moths, that the artist hand-raised and filmed, emerging from their cocoons into an ethereal dreamworld of blue-hues, delicate textures, and elemental sounds. Virginia L. Montgomery's work in Elemental Currents was commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and created with support from The McDonald Observatory.
INSTALLATION IMAGES
{INSTALLATION SLIDESHOW
ELEMENTAL CURRENTS PRESS RELEASE
Elemental Currents: March 7 - June 8, 2025. Marfa, TX.
"Ballroom Marfa is proud to present Elemental Currents — Material, Memory, and Myth, a group exhibition featuring the work of Christopher Blay, Laddie John Dill, and Virginia L. Montgomery. Through a diverse range of media—including sand, foam, neon and photography—the exhibition offers immersive expressions of the convergence of human relationships, technology, the landscape, and imagined futures. At the heart of Elemental Currents is the intersection of art and science, engagement with the natural world, and an emphasis on the role of technology and industrial materials within the experience of environmental phenomena." - Ballroom Marfa
VIDEOS in Exhibition, Vimeo Links:
• Stargazer Luna Moth Seeks the Moon, 2025, 7mins.
• Astrophotography Timelapses, 2025, 7 mins.
• Moon Moth Cosmic Twirl, 2025, 7 mins.
• Honey Moon in Blue, 2025, 7 mins.
PRESS
• “Elemental Currents – Material, Memory, and Myth” at Ballroom Marfa by Joseph Staley, Glasstire, 2025.
• Black Holes, Luna Moths, Marfa Lights, and Dreaming: An Interview with Virginia L. Montgomery by Mo Eldridge, Glasstire, 2025.
Special thank you to Ballroom Marfa and the McDonald Observatory.
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